ELENA CORDERO-ARMS / SPECIAL TO THE PVT Brilliant bolts of lightning Monday night provided a spectacular light show for valley residents, but they also sparked several brushfires in the area. Advertisement

Several area brushfires were started by the intense lightning during Monday evening's thunderstorms, but all were brought to a standstill and, for the most part, contained with only limited acreage burned.

According to a Wednesday Wildland Fire News update from U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Beth Moore, the largest fire in the vicinity was dubbed the Crystal fire, about 10 miles north of Pahrump toward Johnnie Springs. The blaze charred about 350 acres but was listed as 100 percent controlled.

A two-acre fire on Bureau of Land Management property near the intersection of Winchester and Gamebird was 100 percent contained with crews working Wednesday to extinguish hot spots.

The July fire burned about 18 acres in Lovell Canyon five miles southwest of the Torino Ranch on Forest Service land. The Heber hotshot crew and a helicopter were part of the firefighting effort there, Moore said. It was also 100 percent contained as of Wednesday. Moore said no structures were threatened at the time, and that no injuries had been reported.

The Forest Service reported a new fire around noon Thursday located in Trout Canyon near the La Madre Mountain Wilderness area in the Spring Mountains.

Trout Canyon is between Carpenter Canyon and Lovell Canyon. A small community lives at the canyon's head, from which a road leads to Highway 160. The five-acre fire was reported to be in a remote mountainous area four miles south of the community.

A Forest Service helicopter dropped two firefighters into the area and a crew of firefighters were reported hiking in as well. Air support was dumping fire retardant on the blaze.

The fire is assumed to be lightning caused because of its remote location.