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   RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Crews are battling a 150-acre wildfire that is threatening several homes in the Lyon County community of Smith Valley.
   Helen Frazier of the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center says the blaze that started at 4 p.m. Friday is threatening homes between Upper and Lower Colony Road.
   She says nine wildfires were reported late Friday afternoon along the eastern Sierra between Smith Valley and Doyle, Calif., after thunderstorms hit the region.
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