Red Flag Fire Warning For Most Of Today
Red Flag warning for Boone, Butler, Cass, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Platte, Richardson, Saline and Seward counties
By News Channel Nebraska
VALLEY – The National Weather Service has placed 14 Nebraska and southwest Iowa counties into a red flag warning for fire danger until 7 p.m. today.
Gusty northwesterly winds combined with low humidity and ample fuel will create dangerous fire conditions. Any fires that start April 9 will be hard to control.
Area fire departments have already been responding to grass fires in recent days.
A grass fire near Peru threatened farm buildings and multiple departments were called Wednesday for a fire in Johnson County.
Plattsmouth firefighters extinguished a grass fire near the city's water tower on Wednesday.