2026年8月24日 / 美国东部时间上午7:51 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
当地时间周日，内华达州里诺市西北部爆发一场失控野火，火势越过消防车，救援人员难以抵达火场热点，多处房屋被烧毁。多变的风向给消防员控制火势带来极大挑战，当局敦促约9万人疏散。
火灾已造成至少6人受伤，其中3名急救人员、3名平民。官员表示火灾“由人为引发”，但未透露得出该结论的细节，也未说明是蓄意纵火还是意外失火。
霍克山火于周六燃起，周日蔓延至洪堡-托亚贝国家森林的皮文峰地区，过火面积扩大至23平方英里以上。该区域地势崎岖的山麓周边遍布住宅和商铺，毗邻加利福尼亚州界。目前火势完全未得到控制。
随着“立即撤离”区域扩大至内华达大学周边，约4.2万名居民已接到疏散命令。另有4.5万人处于邻近的疏散预警区域。当局提醒民众可能需要远离家园数日，因为预计风向会变化且风力增强，火势将更加难以预测。
“如果可以的话，请现在立刻撤离，”瓦肖县警长达林·巴兰说道。
周日晚间的最新通报显示，阵风裹挟火焰穿过干燥灌木丛，救援人员观测到“极端火行为”。
通报称：“未来12小时内，该火灾预计在密集燃料区域持续出现中等至高强度的蔓延。”
2026年8月23日，内华达州里诺市，霍克山火焚毁的建筑、车辆和植被残骸。特雷弗·贝克森 / 盖蒂图片社
一个家庭的悲惨遭遇
目前尚不清楚共有多少房屋被焚毁。卡里·基弗表示，社交媒体上流传的一段视频显示她的房屋已完全被烧毁，只剩一个烧焦的篮球架矗立在原地。
“我今早醒来就开始哭——我的孩子们，他们失去了一切，”基弗周日说道。“我们丢了所有东西。我们拥有的一切都没了。”
基弗周六当时正在观看儿子的橄榄球比赛，这时得知自己位于里诺郊区的家处于疏散区域内。她说，家人用来追踪火势进展的应用程序严重滞后于实际火情，因此他们原本以为消防员已经阻挡了火势蔓延到社区。
结果，基弗、她的丈夫和三个3到16岁的孩子急忙赶回家中抢救狗狗和能带出来的财物。她说，当时灰烬如雨般落下，狂风像烤箱热浪一样袭来，一堵火墙沿着山坡向他们的社区逼近。
“我不停地往外看，每次抬头都看到火焰越来越近，”基弗说道。“我当时就想，我们必须现在就走。”
基弗眼含泪水、喉咙灼痛，只抓了几件衣服、一本圣经、她的结婚照片和母亲的骨灰。在一片慌乱中，消防员大喊着让他们一家立刻撤离，她说自己忘了带上家庭出生证明，也没能抢救出童年照片。
一家人开车前往朋友家，但不得不再次疏散。周六晚些时候，他们得知自己的家已不复存在。
2026年8月23日，内华达州里诺市，一架消防直升机飞越霍克山火。特雷弗·贝克森 / 盖蒂图片社
详细的严重影响
内华达州州长乔·隆巴多宣布瓦肖县进入紧急状态，并动员内华达州国民警卫队支援空中灭火任务，派出两个直升机机组和60名士兵协助警力守卫疏散社区。另有800名消防人员参与救援。
周日，瓦肖县约有1万名用户停电，周六这一数字曾达到6万。美国395号国道——一条重要的南北向高速公路——部分路段因山火关闭。里诺市人口超过28万，是除拉斯维加斯都会区以外内华达州最大的城市。
瓦肖县应急部门开放里诺-斯帕克斯会展中心作为疏散安置点，但表示民众不得携带宠物——小型和大型动物需安置在另外两个地点。里诺市的赌场为疏散民众提供酒店客房折扣。
内华达大学有2万名本科生，其中许多人本周末刚搬进宿舍，该校周日位于疏散区域之外。
两家医院疏散了病人，警长表示其办公室正在密切评估是否需要疏散县监狱。
据哥伦比亚广播公司里诺分站KTVN报道，里诺-斯特德机场已暂停商业航班，但仍对消防和军用飞机开放。里诺-塔霍国际机场未受影响。
KTVN指出，官员表示有部分建筑受损或被毁，但未给出具体数字。
警长称，周六晚火势蔓延极快，越过消防车，救援人员难以抵达火场热点，居民也在匆忙撤离。
“情况极其混乱，”巴兰说道，他描述了多变的风向如何让火焰向不同方向蔓延。
周末露营的泰勒·杜瓦尔表示，周六早上火势还很小，甚至不值得关注。但到了第二天，他的房子就被划入了疏散区域。
“风真的把火势吹大了，”杜瓦尔说道。
仅周六一天，内华达州境内就新冒出15处火情。数月的干旱天气加上过去整个美国西部冬季创纪录的少雪，创造了绝佳的火灾蔓延条件。本月早些时候，华盛顿州东部的野火迫使斯波坎地区6万人疏散，而里诺北部的三场野火已迫使超过1.3万名居民离开家园。
杰达·哈格罗夫的祖父里克·阿拉特独自住在俯瞰里诺和斯帕克斯的皮文山。哈格罗夫说，消防员动用推土机、砍伐树木并喷洒阻燃剂，试图控制火势。
“他们原本都觉得没问题，”她说。“然后，大约30分钟后，风向突变，火势来得太快了。”
阿拉特和消防员很快被迫撤离下山。“他当时能带走的只有他的两只金毛寻回犬，”哈格罗夫说道。
阿拉特周六晚上在哈格罗夫的父母家度过，目前尚未确定下一步去向。
人们已经发起了单独的GoFundMe众筹活动，以帮助阿拉特和基弗一家。
本月早些时候，退休警察兼消防员泰德·梅尔登和妻子从南卡罗来纳州查平搬到里诺，他已经见识过不少大自然的暴怒。到目前为止，他经历了一场伴有山洪的冰雹风暴、两次停电，而现在，两周内当地就发生了第二起野火事件。
“不过又是一场自然灾害，”梅尔登说道。
他说，在南卡罗来纳州居住的两年里，海伦飓风刮倒了他家院子里的树木，一场龙卷风还损坏了他所在社区的房屋。
目前梅尔登尚未接到疏散命令，但他已经打包好了行李以防万一。
“你只能顺其自然，做好准备，”他说道。
Out-of-control Hawk Fire in Reno, Nevada keeping tens of thousands evacuated
August 24, 2026 / 7:51 AM EDT / CBS/AP
An out-of-control wildfire that jumped over fire trucks and made it difficult for crews to reach hot spots destroyed homes in northwest Reno, Nevada, on Sunday. Shifting winds challenged firefighters trying to bring it under control, and authorities urged some 90,000 people to evacuate.
At least six people – three first responders and three civilians – were injured. Officials said the fire was “human-caused” but didn’t provide details on how they reached that conclusion, or whether it was intentionally set or accidental.
The Hawk Fire began Saturday and grew to more than 23 square miles as it spread Sunday across the Peavine Peak area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, where rugged foothills are ringed by homes and businesses near the California state line. There was zero containment.
Some 42,000 residents have been ordered evacuated as the “GO NOW” zone expanded, reaching the edge of the University of Nevada. An additional 45,000 people were in the adjacent evacuation warning zone. Authorities urged people to be prepared to stay away for several days, because shifting and strengthening winds were expected to make the fire even more unpredictable.
“Please get out if you can right now,” Washoe County Sheriff Darin Balaam said.
A Sunday evening update said crews observed “extreme fire behavior” as gusts pushed flames through dry brush.
“Over the next 12 hours, the fire is expected to continue to make moderate to high intensity runs in pockets of dense fuels,” the statement said.
The remnants of burned buildings, vehicles, and vegetation destroyed by the Hawk Fire are seen on August 23, 2026, in Reno, Nevada. Trevor Bexon / Getty Images
One family’s harrowing tale
It wasn’t known how many homes were destroyed. Cari Kieffer said a video posted on social media showed her house entirely burned down, with only a scorched basketball hoop still standing.
“I woke up this morning and just started crying – all my kids, they lost everything,” Kieffer said Sunday. “We lost all our stuff. Everything we own is gone.”
Kieffer had been watching her son’s football game Saturday when she learned that their home on the outskirts of Reno was in the evacuation zone. An app the family used to track the fire’s progress had been lagging significantly behind its actual location, she said, so they thought firefighters had kept the blaze from their neighborhood.
Instead, Kieffer, her husband and their four children ages 3 to 16 raced to save their dogs and whatever possessions they could retrieve. Ash rained down, and the wind blew like an oven blast from a wall of flames advancing down the hillside toward their neighborhood, she said.
“I kept looking outside and the flames just kept getting closer and closer every time I looked,” Kieffer said. “I was like, we gotta go like now.”
Eyes watering and throat burning, Kieffer grabbed a handful of clothes, a Bible, her wedding photos and her mother’s ashes. In the frenzy, as firefighters yelled at her family to leave immediately, she said she forgot her family’s birth certificates and was unable to salvage her childhood photos.
The family drove to a friend’s home but had to evacuate again. They learned later Saturday evening that their own home was gone.
A firefighting-equipped helicopter flies over the Hawk Fire on August 23, 2026 in Reno, Nevada. Trevor Bexon / Getty Images
Intense impact detailed
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo declared a state of emergency in Washoe County and mobilized the Nevada National Guard to support aerial firefighting with two helicopter crews as well as 60 troops to help police safeguard evacuated neighborhoods. Also responding were 800 fire personnel.
Nearly 10,000 customers were without power in Washoe County on Sunday, down from 60,000 on Saturday. Portions of U.S. Route 395, a major north-south highway, were closed due to the fire. Reno, with more than 280,000 residents, is the largest city in Nevada outside of metro Las Vegas.
Washoe County emergency officials opened the Reno-Sparks Convention Center to evacuees, but said they couldn’t bring their pets – small animals and large animals were to be left at two other locations. Casinos in Reno offered discounts on hotel rooms to evacuees.
The University of Nevada, where many of the 20,000 undergraduates moved into their housing this weekend, was just outside the evacuation zone Sunday.
Two hospitals evacuated patients and the sheriff said his office was keeping a close watch on whether to evacuate the county jail.
The Reno-Stead Airport was closed to commercial flights but remained open for firefighting and military aircraft, CBS Reno affiliate KTVN reported. Reno-Tahoe International was unaffected.
Officials said some structures were damaged or destroyed but didn’t give any specific numbers, KTVN noted.
The fire moved exceptionally fast Saturday night, jumping over fire trucks and making it difficult for responders to get to hot spots while residents were trying to get out, the sheriff said.
“It was extremely confusing,” Balaam said, describing how changing winds sent the flames in different directions.
The fire was so small Saturday morning that it wasn’t even a concern, said Tyler Duvall, who went camping over the weekend. By the next day, his house was in the evacuation zone.
“The wind really blew it up,” Duvall said.
On Saturday alone, 15 new fires popped up across Nevada. Months of dry weather and a record lack of snow this past winter across the American West have created prime fire conditions. Earlier this month, wildfires in eastern Washington state forced the evacuation of 60,000 people in the Spokane area, while three wildfires north of Reno forced more than 13,000 residents from their homes.
Jaida Hargrove’s grandfather, Rick Arrate, lived alone on Peavine Mountain, which overlooks Reno and Sparks. Firefighters used a bulldozer, cut down trees and applied fire retardant in their attempt to contain the flames, Hargrove said.
“They all thought it would be OK,” she said. “And then, in about 30 minutes, the winds just changed and it came way too fast.”
Arrate and the firefighters were quickly forced off the mountain. “All he was able to take with him was his two golden retrievers,” Hargrove said.
Arrate spent Saturday night with Hargrove’s parents, his next steps unknown.
Separate GoFundMe crowdfunding campaigns were set up to assist Arrate and the Kieffer family.
Retired police officer and firefighter Ted Melden has seen his share of Mother Nature’s fury since moving to Reno with his wife earlier this month from Chapin, South Carolina. So far, he’s experienced a hailstorm with flash flooding, two different power outages and, now, the second wildfire incident in the region in two weeks.
“Just another natural disaster,” Melden said.
In the two years he lived in South Carolina, Melden said Hurricane Helene knocked over trees in his yard, while a tornado did some damage in his neighborhood.
For now, Melden hasn’t been ordered to leave his home, but he has his bags packed just in case.
“You just have to roll with the flow and be ready,” he said.