Chaves Fire fully contained at 3,438 acres

Central Lyon Fire reports the Chaves Fire east of Dayton is fully contained after burning 3,483 acres, or about 5.4 square miles. Containment was announced Wednesday morning.

Investigators say the cause of the fire has been confirmed as two people target shooting.

The Bureau of Land Management and Nevada Division of Forestry helped fight the fire, which was reported the afternoon of June 3, 2018 about four miles east of Highway 50 on Fort Churchill Road, east of Dayton.

There were no evacuation orders and no reported injuries. Some buildings were in the projected path of the fire, but the flames were not close enough that any structures were considered threatened, according to Central Lyon County Fire Protection District.