The Nevada County Consolidated Fire District has become wracked by strife between administration and the rank and file, which boiled over into a physical altercation involving Chief Tim Fike, who has been placed on paid administrative leave as a result. According to a report filed by the Nevada County Sheriff's Office on March 16, Fike grabbed the throat of firefighter Kevin Greene after a verbal altercation on the night of March 15.Fike has been on paid administrative leave since April 19, according to NCCFD Board Chair Warren Knox.Meanwhile the district's board of directors hired a private investigator to look into …