Nightly News   |  November 18, 2011

Wildfire torching parts of Nevada

Thousands of northern Nevada residents fled their homes as a massive and sudden wildfire raged out of control on Friday. NBC’s Brian Williams reports.

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BRIAN WILLIAMS, anchor: battling a dramatic 2,000-acre wildfire outside Reno , Nevada . One man died of a heart attack while trying to escape last night. Twenty-five homes have either been damaged or destroyed. Ten thousand people have been moved out of the way. High winds are making the firefighting effort difficult, gusting up to 60 miles an hour . Up