Thick black smoke could be seen coming from the area east of Sparks on Thursday as crews with Sparks Fire, Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue, North Lyon County and Storey County responded to a fire burning in the Lockwood Landfill.

The fire started around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday and Storey County tells us it is not posing a threat to wildlands.

Officials tell us Waste Management is on scene actively using heavy equipment to keep the fire contained to the landfill and will stay at the landfill overnight into Friday to manage the fire. 

They tell us the fire is between 1 and 1.5 acres and contained to the landfill. The cause is currently unknown, but Storey County suspects that construction debris near the landfill started the fire.

Any further developments will be posted here.Â