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Nevada reaches tentative settlement in 2016 wildfire lawsuit

Andy Barron | The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, File A rainbow arches over the Little Valley Fire in Washoe Lake, Nev., in 2016. The state of Nevada has reached a tentative settlement with dozens of homeowners and insurance companies that filed an $80 million negligence suit after 23 homes were destroyed when strong winds reignited a prescribed burn south of Reno in 2016. Lawyers for Nevada and more than 60 plaintiffs told a judge in Reno Thursday, May 16, 2019, the state Board of Examiners plans to vote on the settlement agreement June 12.