The Gold Fire burning in Sparks is now 35% contained. It started around 2 p.m. Sunday and has a burned 1,260 acres. The cause remains under investigation, but officials say it was human-caused.

Firefighters on a wildfire blaze are often required to spend shifts of 14 to 16 hours a day hiking through steep terrain, clearing the fireline of flammable vegetation and extinguishing smoldering ...