{"id":748323,"date":"2026-08-24T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748323\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:56:16","slug":"reno-wildfire-tens-of-thousands-told-to-evacuate-as-hawk-wildfire-approaches-nevada-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748323\/","title":{"rendered":"Reno wildfire: Tens of thousands told to evacuate as Hawk wildfire approaches Nevada &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada, as nearly 90,000 urged to evacuatepublished at 13:13 BST<\/p>\n<p>13:13 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-qs9kpv-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6e3b47fe-2825-4cd7-b51b-3b16ab70c95f.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Kieran Kelly<br \/>Live reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Nevada National Guard helicopter drops water on the Hawk Fire, as the wildfire burns, in Reno\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1b95fa7e-4748-40c7-8936-efa1e9d27d15.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1342\" height=\"755\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, ReutersImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Nevada National Guard helicopter drops water on the Hawk Fire in Reno<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tens of thousands of people have been urged to leave their homes in Reno, Nevada, as a large wildfire apporaches. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The blaze, which has been named Hawk Fire, was first reported on Saturday and windy conditions have contributed to its spread.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Some 42,000 people have been instructed to evacuate their homes immediately, while another 45,000 residents have been advised to prepare to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Six people have been injured including three emergency responders, officials say, and around 15,000 acres (23 sq miles) have been burned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nevada&#8217;s Governor Joe Lombardo has declared a state of emergency in Washoe County &#8211; in the north-west of the US state &#8211; and ordered the National Guard to join firefighting and law enforcement efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lombardo says the fire &#8211; which officials say has been caused by people &#8211; &#8220;is an active and rapidly evolving situation&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">We&#8217;ll bring you the latest updates throughout the day, stay with us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wildfire approaches Reno, Nevada, as nearly 90,000 urged to evacuatepublished at 13:13 BST 13:13 BST Kieran KellyLive reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-748323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}