Texas wildfire mushrooms within hours, ripping through ranchlands

Hawk Fire evacuees sheltering at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center are receiving donated clothing after many fled their homes without enough clothes or other essentials. 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 neighborhoods, officials said Monday. Video recorded by observers on Saturday captured the fast-growing Hawk Fire which began that day. The Ross Fire burns in Palo Pinto County, Texas, on Monday, Aug. 24, 2026. (Texas A&M Forest Service via AP) This image taken from video shows a charred neighborhood following wildfires Saturday, Aug.

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