Lightning Fires Burning Near Elko ELKO, NV (KUNR) - Fire officials are keeping an eye on several

wildfires that started over the weekend in Elko County. A

2,300-acre fire dubbed Rock Creek continues to burn after it was

reported Sunday 20 miles north of Dunphy. No structures are

threatened, and officials say it'll be monitored today. Lightning

is blamed for sparking a fire that's being allowed to burn in the

East Slide Rock Ridge in the Jarbidge Wilderness. At last report,

it was 100 acres.
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