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An officer-involved shooting early Monday shut down eastbound Interstate 80 near the 15,000-acre Hawk Fire burning uncontained outside Reno, said Nevada state authorities and news reports.
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Nevada State Police reopened a single lane of eastbound I-80 at Gold Ranch Road just before 11 a.m., authorities said in an update.
Nevada State Police said there was no threat to public safety, but much of the eastbound highway remained closed as police investigated the incident. The shooting happened about 1 a.m. near Verdi, Reno television station KOLO reported.
All westbound lanes of I-80 at Mogul Road were open as of 8:20 a.m., Nevada State Police said.
As many as 90,000 residents in northwest Reno and Nevada’s North Valleys were under evacuation warnings or orders to flee after the Hawk Fire sprinted across the Sierra County line and into northern Nevada. The wildfire, burning 5 miles northwest of Reno near Verdi, had charred more than 15,500 acres, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.
Nearly 20 firefighters from agencies across the Sacramento region were among the more than 400 personnel fighting the blaze, which threatened homes and infrastructure along Reno’s outskirts.
In all, 18 firefighters from Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department and West Sacramento Fire Department, along with Modesto Fire Department, made up the task force, according to Metro Fire.
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Firefighters were making progress on the wildfire Monday, Nevada authorities said in an online update just before 10 a.m., despite the blaze burning with no containment. Crews were battling to keep the fire south of U.S. Highway 395, holding established lines around the fire and in areas of heavy timber where aerial retardant drops have slowed the fire’s spread.
Crews on the west side of the wildfire were working to keep the fire from moving into Dog Valley near Reno and onto flatter terrain while also working around a natural gas line in the fire area, officials said in the update.
Fire managers continued to monitor extreme fire behavior amid hot, dry and breezy conditions that could push the fire to the northeast and northwest over the next 48 hours.
“Conditions remain dynamic and subject to rapid change,” Nevada authorities said. It was unclear when thousands of evacuees would be allowed to return to their homes, authorities said in the morning update.
“There is not currently a specific timeline for when evacuation areas will reopen. Reentry decisions are based on conditions within the fire area and the ability to safely allow residents back into affected neighborhoods,” Nevada authorities said, adding that the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office and fire managers were determining when residents could safely return.
The fire also knocked out power to about 10,000 people, the Reno Gazette Journal reported, citing NV Energy, while classes across nearly all Washoe County schools were canceled Monday.
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