A coalition of firefighters and volunteers entered their seventh day Wednesday of battling wildfires in western and central Nebraska — including one that is the largest in state history — that have scorched a massive area of range and grassland and killed one person.
“What’s different today is the wind will be less — still, with gusts to 30 miles an hour — but we’re starting to dry out and heat up again,” said David Boyd, a spokesman for the coalition of state, federal, and local officials overseeing the effort. “If we get fire, you know, across the containment line, it’s got the potential for rapid spread.”
