Fire crews are responding to a 50-acre wildfire in the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness Area south of Markleeville, Calif.
The lightning-caused fire started last week about six miles south of the Wolf Creek trailhead. Sixty to 70 personnel from the forest service, Bureau of Land Management and the Sierra Front Interagency fire departments are on the scene, with hand crews and tankers fighting the blaze in mountainous terrain.
No structures are threatened.