A wildfire threatening neighborhoods in and around Reno, Nevada, has forced officials to urge around 90,000 people to evacuate and cancel school for much of the area on Monday – and high winds that have frustrated firefighters’ efforts to contain it could make the situation more dire this week.
The uncontained Hawk Fire – which started Saturday and had burned some 15,000 acres northwest of Reno by Sunday – was human-caused, officials have said, without saying how it started or whether it was intentionally set. Flames could be seen rapidly Sunday advancing down a hillside toward residential neighborhoods near Reno, marking the latest in a destructive fire season that has scorched thousands of acres and forced the evacuations of entire towns across the Southwest.
0:00 Chief Richard Edwards of the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District urges evacuation preparedness
0:27 90,000 people urged to evacuate as firefighters battle uncontained wildfire near Nevada
0:57 CNN's Josh Campbell reports from Reno
3:12 CNN's Sara Sidner speaks with Chief Richard Edwards on the status of the fire and evacuations
7:04 CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam breaks down the weather situation around the Hawk Fire
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