Fast-moving wildfire threatens Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands to evacuate
Latest update from The Guardian World: Tens of thousands are still under evacuation orders or warnings amid ‘human-caused’, wind-driven blaze The Hawk fire is about 27% contained, authorities said on Monday afternoon, two days after the fast-moving , wind-driven wildfire sparked near Reno, Nevada. Latest update from The Guardian World: ‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Latest update from The Guardian World: At least six injured in Reno, Nevada, wildfire as 42,000 forced to evacuate. Posted: Aug 24, 2026 / 04:15 AM PDT Updated: Aug 24, 2026 / 03:26 PM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nevada, that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to dense neighborhoods, officials said Monday. Containment reached 27% and there was no new growth of the Hawk Fire , which has held steady at about 23 square miles since it burned out of control on Sunday, authorities said at an afternoon news briefing. “We are making progress,” said U.S.
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She urged him over the phone to get out and feared the worst when the line went dead. “He was saying he can’t breathe, it’s so dark I can’t see, and I’m screaming at him, ‘Leave the car, just leave it,’” she said Monday. The number of residents under evacuation orders and warnings was reduced to about 63,000, down from more than 90,000 people when the blaze mushroomed over the weekend.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: ‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Posted: Aug 24, 2026 / 04:15 AM PDT Updated: Aug 24, 2026 / 08:09 AM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave their homes. The out-of-control fire has already burned some homes, but there’s concern that shifting winds could push the flames into newly developed and densely packed neighborhoods on the edge of Nevada’s second-biggest city. Schools across the county were closed Monday because of the evacuations and to keep roads clear for emergency crews. Authorities said late Sunday that the Hawk Fire had stayed in its footprint and firefighters were extinguishing hotspots while working to keep the fire from jumping a main highway and reaching areas filled with homes and businesses.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: ‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Latest update from The Guardian World: Fast-moving, ‘human-caused’ fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Latest update from BBC World: The report is now confirmed by BBC World. Posted: Aug 24, 2026 / 04:15 AM PDT Updated: Aug 24, 2026 / 08:09 AM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — A wildfire that mushroomed over the weekend in the Sierra Nevada foothills spread perilously close to neighborhoods in Reno, Nevada, forcing authorities to urge more than 90,000 residents to leave their homes. The out-of-control fire has already burned some homes, but there’s concern that shifting winds could push the flames into newly developed and densely packed neighborhoods on the edge of Nevada’s second-biggest city.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: ‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Latest update from The Guardian World: At least six injured in Reno, Nevada, wildfire as 42,000 forced to evacuate. Latest update from The Guardian World: Fast-moving, ‘human-caused’ fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Posted: Aug 24, 2026 / 04:15 AM PDT Updated: Aug 24, 2026 / 03:26 PM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nevada, that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to dense neighborhoods, officials said Monday.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: Tens of thousands are still under evacuation orders or warnings amid ‘human-caused’, wind-driven blaze The Hawk fire is about 27% contained, authorities said on Monday afternoon, two days after the fast-moving , wind-driven wildfire sparked near Reno, Nevada. Latest update from The Guardian World: ‘Human-caused’, wind-driven fire in Reno leaves thousands of homes and businesses without power, officials say About 90,000 residents of Reno, Nevada, and the adjacent North Valley are under evacuation orders as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bears down on the city. It stood at a little more than 15,000 acres burned on Monday morning, and was 0% contained. Latest update from The Guardian World: At least six injured in Reno, Nevada, wildfire as 42,000 forced to evacuate. Posted: Aug 24, 2026 / 04:15 AM PDT Updated: Aug 24, 2026 / 03:26 PM PDT RENO, Nevada (AP) — Crews have started to contain a wildfire in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Reno, Nevada, that destroyed more than 30 homes as it spread perilously close to dense neighborhoods, officials said Monday. Containment reached 27% and there was no new growth of the Hawk Fire , which has held steady at about 23 square miles since it burned out of control on Sunday, authorities said at an afternoon news briefing. “We are making progress,” said U.S.
