India, Aug. 24 -- The Hawk fire has grown to more than 10,000 acres near Reno, forcing evacuations, closing roads and prompting emergency measures as firefighters battle strong winds and dry conditions.

A wildfire burning in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada and moving toward Reno, Nevada, has forced thousands of evacuations, shuttered two hospitals and prompted emergency declarations from state officials, as per The New York Times.

The blaze, known as the Hawk fire, has grown to more than 10,000 acres since Saturday without any containment and has encroached on the outskirts of Reno, a city of almost 300,000 people near the California border.

The cause of the fire remains unclear, but a combination of extreme heat, dry conditions and...