Local brief
Bull Fire North of Verdi: Evacuation Zones Still Up in Washoe County
The Bull Fire north of Verdi in Washoe County, Nevada, has burned about 1,529 acres and is about 40 percent contained as of Oct. 4, 2026. Washoe County still has Go Now and Get Ready evacuation zones. Check the county pe
The Bull Fire north of Verdi in Washoe County has burned about 1,500 acres and is roughly 40 percent contained. Washoe County still has Go Now and Get Ready evacuation zones. Check the county perimeter map and leave if your zone is red.
Crews are working to keep the fire north of Verdi and the nearby communities of Somersett and Mogul. The cause is human. It is under investigation. Follow Washoe County emergency updates, not social rumors.
The fire started on about Oct. 2, 2026, north of Verdi. It was still an active fire on Sunday, Oct. 4. Acreage and containment can change. If this page and the county map disagree, the map wins.
The full plain-language brief, with the official clocks and the source links, is the Notice Nearby public paper: https://noticenearby.com/papers/bull-fire-evacuation-washoe-county-nv-oct-2026.
Official source: Washoe County Emergency Management and Truckee Meadows Fire, Bull Fire. https://www.emergencywashoe.com/fire/
County hub: https://noticenearby.com/ca/sierra. This is not the fire department, the sheriff, or the National Weather Service. If an official page and this note disagree, the official page wins.
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ca-sierra-bull-fire-evacuation-2026-10-0 · Washoe County Emergency Management and Truckee Meadows Fire, Bull Fire.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.