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Containment lines around the Hawk Fire on Monday went from zero to 27%, and fire crews appear to have stopped the blaze from reaching the community of Somersett in northwest Reno, fire officials said at a news conference earlier Tuesday.
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Evacuation orders have been lifted in some areas, and the number of people under evacuation has been reduced to 23,000 from 42,000.
The Hawk Fire is suspected to be human-caused, but officials said investigators have yet to determine if it was intentionally or accidentally set.
In the state of Washington, 15 large uncontained fires have consumed 800,000 acres, officials said.
The largest fires currently in Washington are the Little Giant Fire in Chelan County, which has consumed more than 142,000 acres, and the Sinlahekin Fire in Okanogan County, which has burned more than 155,000 acres.
The Sinlahekin Fire, which was started by a lightning strike on July 26, was 55% contained on Tuesday, officials said. The Little Giant Fire, also sparked by a lightning strike on July 15, was 15% contained on Tuesday, officials said.
Both fires are burning in remote areas of the state and are not threatening homes, officials said.
\"Washington is comfortably in the third-worst fire season from an acres burned perspective since 2015,\" Thomas Kyle-Milward, a spokesperson for the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, told ABC affiliate station KOMO in Seattle.
Kyle-Milward said this wildfire season has been particularly challenging for firefighters, noting that the state has had multiple fires over 100,000 acres.
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A series of fires earlier this month in Spokane caused $1 billion in damage, including destroying more than 800 homes, the Spokane County Assessor announced last week.
A 37-year-old man was arrested and charged with starting the Old Trails Fire on Aug. 1, one of three major wildfires that became known as the Spokane Complex Fire.
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