Nevada firefighters are struggling to contain a rapidly growing wildfire that has already forced the evacuation of nearly 14,000 people. A state of emergency has been declared, meaning federal first responders are working alongside local firefighters to try to keep it away from residential areas. Camille Knight details. Keywords for this article
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Shatiya Hardin, for her part, said the situation is “absolutely horrible.” “At night we sweat, we are irritable, we have children to take care of, elderly people who need electricity for the oxygen tanks,” he told CBS, the BBC’s American partner. “It’s not right that we are continually in survival mode.” in the storm. In … Read more
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The fast-growing Hawk Fire spread from the Sierra foothills into downtown Reno early Sunday, reaching more than 10,500 acres. Nearly 14,000 homes were ordered evacuated and the “GO NOW” zone reached the edge of the University of Nevada campus. Emergency officials in Washoe County, Nevada, opened the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to … Read more