LOS ANGELES, United States: Officials in Nevada in the western United States urged people to evacuate their homes Sunday as a fast-moving, wind-driven wildfire bore down on the city of Reno. Some 42,000 people have evacuated their homes and another 45,000 have been told to get ready leave, Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve told CNN. The one-day-old Hawk Fire had grown to 6,087 hectares by Sunday afternoon and was burning eight kilometers northwest of Reno, a metropolitan area of over 280,000 people, according to census data from 2025.

Officials say the fire, which has now burned more than 15,000 acres and is zero percent contained, was human caused. Nearly 90,000 people have been told to evacuate or prepare to…

RENO, Nevada (AP) — The fast-growing Hawk Fire spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno early Sunday, growing to more than 10,500 acres. Nearly 14,000 homes were

Wildfire started by humans approaches Reno, Nevada, forcing thousands of evacuations

‘Please get out if you can right now,’ the sheriff urged