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Nebraska Firefighters Battle Largest Wildfire in Morrill County Covering 600,000 Acres
Dry, windy conditions fueled Nebraska's wildfires, with the Morrill Fire burning 460,000 acres and total damage exceeding 600,000 acres, prompting a statewide burn ban through March 27.
- On Friday morning, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen declared a state of emergency for Morrill, Garden, Arthur, Keith, Lincoln, Dawson and Frontier counties, and by Saturday morning an estimated 600,000 acres had burned with one person dead.
- The National Weather Service issued Red Flag warnings Thursday as dry, windy conditions with shifting gusts drove fires to spread rapidly, while the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency reported roughly 24 wildfire reports in 24 hours.
- The Morrill Fire scorched an estimated 450,000 acres and traveled more than 65 miles in roughly six hours, while the Cottonwood Fire near Brady burned about 100,000 acres, the Road 203 Fire roughly 40,000 acres, and the Anderson Bridge Fire approximately 6,000 acres.
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