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Watch: Smoke arises from Nebraska wildfires
Video from the Nebraska State Patrol shows a chopper flying implicit a wildfire successful Dawson County. Multiple wildfires are burning successful Nebraska arsenic precocious winds and debased humidity make captious occurrence information crossed the state.
Wildfires person erupted crossed the authorities of Nebraska, with gusty winds and debased humidity fueling occurrence hazard done the weekend.
Multiple fires person erupted since Thursday, with section and authorities officials moving tirelessly to incorporate the fires.
Nebraska Emergency Management Agency reported connected Friday responding to 24 wildfires successful 24 hours.
Saturday remains a time for captious occurrence upwind danger, according to the FOX Forecast Center.
Photo from March 12, 2026 shows heavy fume rising from a wildfire successful Nebraska.
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Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen announced a authorities of exigency bid for the counties impacted connected Friday.
"These fires contiguous a important and progressive danger, fixed existent upwind conditions," said Gov. Pillen. "Anyone surviving wrong proximity to existent wildfires are urged to heed communications issued by section authorities, including their respective region exigency absorption agencies."
The Morriel Fire, the largest reported by the National Interagency Wildfire Enterprise Geospatial Portal, has burned much than 330,000 acres since it started connected Thursday.
The occurrence has dispersed crossed 4 counties: Morrill, Arthur, Keith and Garden.
Another fire, called the Road 203 Fire, burns successful the Nebraska National Forest and is 36,403 acres.
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Thick fume from Nebraska fires betwixt the towns of Alliance and Broadwater connected March 13.
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The Anderson Bridge Fire is reported astatine 6,000 acres and is burning successful Cherry County.
In summation to the authorities of emergency, Gov. Pillen announced the activation of the Nebraska National Guard to assistance combat the fires.
"The fires person grown beyond the capableness of section wildland occurrence responders and firefighters," a quality merchandise said.
All 3 fires stay uncontained.
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Crews deployed to combat wildfires successful cardinal Nebraska connected Thursday, March 12. (Oxford Nebraska Fire/Rescue)
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Flames airy up the nighttime entity successful Nebraska connected March 12. (Oxford Nebraska Fire/Rescue)
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Thick fume is illuminated by headlights arsenic crews enactment to conflict a wildfire successful cardinal Nebraska. (Oxford Nebraska Fire/Rescue)
Several different wildfires burnt crossed the state, including successful Lincoln and Dawson County.
Lancaster County Sheriff's Office enactment immoderate areas nether evacuation connected Friday, but they were lifted aft a fewer hours.
Nebraska State Patrol, connected behalf of Nebraska National Forest, announced an aerial regularisation connected Friday.
"Please, nary drones allowed successful aerial abstraction supra the Nebraska National Forest. Firefighting craft cannot and volition not alert if airspace incursions occur," the station announcing the regularisation said.
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Aerial views of wildfire fume successful Dawson County, Nebraska connected March 13, 2026.
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A statewide pain prohibition was enactment successful spot connected Friday, and volition stay successful effect until March 27.
A Red Flag Warning remains successful spot done Saturday.
The FOX Forecast Center said the captious occurrence upwind information should easiness up by Sunday.
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