Two Nebraska fires closer to containment

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Erin Golden

RUSHVILLE, Neb. – Two of the fires burning in northwest Nebraska were closer to containment Sunday afternoon.

The Douthit fire, which burned 29,730 acres near Crawford, was 95 percent contained, while the West Ash fire, closer to Chadron, had burned 57,825 acres and was 45 percent contained.

Firefighters had finished 5-mile-wide burnout near Chadron and a plane had dumped 36,000 gallons of flame retardant. More than 700 people were working on the two fires.


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