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Hawk Fire in Nevada Grows to More Than 10,500 Acres, Forcing Evacuations

The fast-growing Hawk Fire has spread from the Sierra foothills toward Reno, prompting evacuations, with conflicting reports on its size and containment.

2 reports on this incident · first at Aug 23, 2026, 3:40 a.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 23, 2026, 4:52 a.m. ETUpdated Aug 23, 2026, 8:52 p.m. ET
The in has grown to , according to CBS News, Newser, Castanet, HuffPost, Fortune, KOLO TV, Fox News, and ABC11. Other outlets reported different figures: IBTimes and Economic Times reported acres, Breitbart reported , Hindustan Times reported , and the Los Angeles Times reported acres. The fire has spread from the Sierra foothills toward the center of Reno, according to CBS News, Newser, Castanet, HuffPost, and Fortune. Other descriptions include "" (IBTimes, Fox News, Yahoo), "" (KOLO TV, Hindustan Times), "" (Economic Times, ABC11), "" (LA Times), "" (Breitbart), and "" (Biztoc). Containment is reported at 0% by CBS News and IBTimes, while Hindustan Times says "." The cause of the fire has yet to be determined, according to Breitbart, and , according to Hindustan Times. The fire was discovered at different times: 11:23 UTC on August 23, 2026, according to Biztoc, and 11:30 UTC on August 22, 2026, according to IBTimes. Fortune reported it was discovered on .

Earlier reports

  1. Aug 23, 2026, 3:40 a.m. ETFirst report

    Hawk Fire in Nevada Prompts Evacuations; UNR Monitoring

    The Hawk Fire is burning in Nevada, according to Fox Reno. The fire has prompted evacuations, though the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) is monitoring the situation and reports that its campus is not in the evacuation zone.

    The cause of the fire has not been determined. The size of the fire has not been established. No containment figure has been reported.

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Revision history

  1. Version 224 Aug 2026, 00:52current

    Expanded to include conflicting size, containment, discovery time, and fire behavior reports from multiple sources.

  2. Version 123 Aug 2026, 20:22

    First published.

  3. Version 123 Aug 2026, 07:40current

    First published.

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