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MOUNT CHARLESTON, Nev. (AP) — Officials marked both the start of a new era in Mount Charleston fire protection and the second anniversary of a sweeping area wildfire.
Representatives of the new Mount Charleston Fire District joined Clark County Commissioner Larry Brown for a Wednesday morning ceremony at the mountain's Fire Station 1.
Fire service had been provided by the Nevada Division of Forestry.
The lightning-sparked Carpenter 1 fire blaze burned for more than three weeks in July 2013.
It charred almost 44 square miles of forest and forced evacuations of hundreds of mountain homes.
Two firefighters were hurt and six structures burned while more than 1,300 firefighters battled the fire about 25 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
A month later, thunderstorm runoff from scarred mountain areas flooded parts of northwest Las Vegas.
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