Pyramid Lake Fire Rescue says a teenager is responsible for starting two fires in Nixon on Wednesday afternoon.
PLFR says they responded to two different brush fires between 3 pm and 4 pm. Both fires were in the area of South Hollywood and Moccasin Lane.
Officials say that one fire was about 20 by 30 feet in size and the other was between 1/4 to 1/2 of an acre and one of the fires damaged a power pole.
Witnesses told PLFR that a young man started the fires and ran away toward the river.
PLFR found a 13-year-old boy at the river who confessed to starting the fires.
The teenager, who is from Fernley, was booked into Jan Evans on two counts of arson.
(Pyramid Lake Fire Rescue contributed to this story)
