Los Angeles, United States, Aug 24, 2026 (AFP) - More than 40,000 evacuate as wildfire nears Reno in western US

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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 15,040 acres (6,087 hectares) by Sunday afternoon and was burning five miles (8 km) northwest of Reno, a metrop......

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