UPDATED: 07/16/2014 12:55p.m.
The fire continues to burn in a remote area away from structures and has grown to 700 acres.
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The lightning sparked Evans fire, which has burned more than 350 acres of grass and brush near Highway 395 and the Nevada border, is at only 10% of containment tonight with crews actively engaged in constructing line along both flanks of the fire.
The fire is burning in a location around 3 miles west of Highway 395.
According to the 9:30p.m. update from sierrafront.net no structures are threatened by the fire.
Resources working the fire include 3 air tankers, 2 helicopters, 1 water tender, 1 dozer, 2 hand crews, 3 engines and more than 85 firefighters on the ground.
Firefighters from the U.S. Forest Service, NDF, BLM, and Truckee Meadows Fire Department responded to the fire at around 5:45p.m.
Approximate location of the fire:
