Wildfire burns 22 homes in Nevada

[WorldNews]

(Reuters) - A wildfire fanned by high winds destroyed 22 homes in a wooded area of northern Nevada on Friday, among them a mountain property belonging to the owner of a famous brothel in the state. Dennis Hof, the owner of the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in the Carson City area, revealed in a message on his Twitter page that one of his houses was destroyed by the blaze, which fire officials said had scorched 2,000 acres (809 hectares) in the area of Washoe Valley just south of Reno. Hof, who is profiled along with workers at his legal brothel in the television series "Cathouse" on cable channel HBO, posted a photo of the house reduced to rubble.

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