{"id":41193,"date":"2026-08-23T10:31:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/23\/nevada-brush-fire-expands-to-over-10500-acres\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T10:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:31:40","slug":"nevada-brush-fire-expands-to-over-10500-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/08\/23\/nevada-brush-fire-expands-to-over-10500-acres\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada Brush Fire Expands to Over 10,500 Acres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/>A rapidly spreading brush fire in Northern Nevada, just outside of Reno, has expanded to over 10,500 acres as of Saturday evening. The fire, named the Hawk Fire, has reached a size of 10,523 acres, according to the mapping platform Perimeter Map.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the growing threat, the Reno Police have urged residents to check Perimeter Map for the latest evacuation updates. Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo has also declared a state of emergency in Washoe County because of the fire\u2019s progression.<\/p>\n<p>In a related incident, the New Spain fire has led to the evacuation of approximately 800 people near the Portugal border.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Edwards, the chief of Truckee Meadows Fire &#038; Rescue, described the situation as a &#8220;very dynamic incident&#8221; due to strong winds. He mentioned in a video posted on social media that the wind-fueled fires can move quickly into residential neighborhoods, posing significant challenges for firefighters who are working diligently to protect homes and keep residents safe.<br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A rapidly spreading brush fire in Northern Nevada, just outside of Reno, has expanded to over 10,500 acres as of Saturday evening. The fire, named the Hawk Fire, has reached a size of 10,523 acres, according to the mapping platform Perimeter Map. In response to the growing threat, the Reno Police have urged residents to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[54280,9068],"class_list":["post-41193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-brush-fire","tag-nevada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}