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Firefighters watch a backfire set to save the Sparks Governors Mansion, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 in Pleasant Valley, Nev. Winds gusting up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control on Thursday as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods.
Credit: AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Liz Margerum
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Firefighters battle a fast-moving brush fire in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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Firefighters wait for water before attacking an outbuilding adjacent to a home, Jan. 19, 2012 in Pleasant Valley, Nev.
Credit: AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn
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Firefighters battle a fast-moving brush fire burns in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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The ruins of a home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., smolders as firefighters battle a wind-driven brush fire on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: Cathleen Allison
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The ruins of a home in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., smolders as firefighters battle a wind-driven brush fire on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012. At least 20 homes were destroyed.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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A firefighter is silhouetted by a burning house after battling a wind-driven brush fire burning through Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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Firefighters battle a wind-driven brush fire burning through Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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A Nevada Highway Patrol trooper drives past a fast-moving brush fire burns in Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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Highway 395 was closed for hours as firefighters battled a wind-driven brush fire burning through Pleasant Valley, south of Reno, Nev., on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.
Credit: AP Photo/Cathleen Allison
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A firefighter walks away from a home destroyed Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 in Pleasant Valley, Nev. Winds gusting up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control on Thursday as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods.
Credit: AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Tim Dunn