Hawk Fire Burns Past 15,000 Acres Northwest of Reno With Zero Containment as 87,000 Residents Face Evacuation

The Hawk Fire burning northwest of Reno, Nevada has grown to 15,051 acres with zero containment as of Monday morning, August 24, forcing approximately 42,000 people from their homes and placing another 45,000 under evacuation warnings. The human-caused fire, which ignited near Verdi on Saturday morning and exploded overnight into one of the largest evacuations …