S-1 Vya Fire

Washoe County, Nevada · Wildfire

Active Official numbers updated Sep 5, 2026 (about 8 hours ago)
First reported 12 days ago
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Size
9,692 acres
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+96 acres
was 9,596 acres · Aug 28, 6:00 PM
Containment
94%
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+2 percent
was 92% · Sep 4, 7:00 PM
Crew size
262
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
−26
was 288 · Sep 4, 7:00 PM
Money spent
$12.7M
Sep 5, 3:00 AM
+$600,000
was $12.1M · Sep 4, 7:00 PM

S-1 Vya Fire and other nearby fires

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S-1 Vya Fire summary

The S-1 Vya Fire is a wildfire near Washoe County, Nevada. It has burned about 9,692 acres (about 7,000 football fields). Crews have boxed in 94% of its edge; the other 6% isn't contained yet. It was first reported 12 days ago. About 262 people are on it, run by a Complex Incident Management Team.

Size
9,692 acres
Containment
94%
Discovered
August 24, 2026 (first reported 12 days ago)
Cause
Not reported

The size and containment above are current as of Saturday, September 5th at 3:00 a.m. CDT.

Weather & fire-spread conditions

No Red Flag Warning. The National Weather Service hasn't flagged this area for dangerous fire-spread conditions right now.

Hot, dry, and windy weather can help a fire grow; cool, calm, or wet weather helps crews. The tags below rate each day for fire spread — green is calm, red can push a fire.

A general fire-weather guide (wind matters most, then how dry it is, then heat), not a prediction of what this fire will do.

Overnight

43°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 mph S · 0% chance of rain

Wind: Calm Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday

66°F · Sunny

Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 5% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Saturday Night

43°F · Mostly Clear

Wind 5 to 10 mph SW · 5% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Dry

Sunday

60°F · Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Wind 5 to 15 mph SW · 53% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Rain likely

Sunday Night

39°F · Chance Rain Showers then Partly Cloudy

Wind 5 to 15 mph W · 41% chance of rain

Wind: Breezy Heat: Cool Some rain

Forecast from the National Weather Service (weather.gov), pulled Saturday, September 5th at 3:01 a.m. CDT.

Who's on it

About 262 people are assigned to this fire, run by a Complex Incident Management Team. The government rates it a Type 3 Incident. About $13 million has been spent on it so far.

The official feed reports the total headcount, not a breakdown by crew type.

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