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Eventdex · Wildfire

LANCASTER

494913

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event_typeWildfire
ncei_event_id494,913
episode_id82,237
begin_utc2014-03-15T20:00:00+00:00
end_utc2014-03-15T23:00:00+00:00
stateNEBRASKA
cz_typeZ
cz_nameLANCASTER
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
damage_property200.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceNewspaper
episode_narrativeDry and warm conditions, along with gusty southwest winds, help fuel several fires near Lincoln. Temperatures that reached around 70 degrees combined with dew point readings in the teens to lower 20s lowered relative humidity values to less than 20 percent for several hours from late in the morning through mid afternoon on March 15th. Winds were southwest at 15 to 30 mph, but shifted to the northeast at 30 to 45 mph as a cold front pressed south by mid to late afternoon. The cooler air helped raise relative humidity readings, but only marginally until early evening when temperatures cooled more significantly. Several fires in the area quickly burned out of control due to the dry, windy weather. One near Lincoln, of unknown origin, caused around $200,000 worth of damage and threatened many structures was contained before doing much more damage. The other significant fire, in Seward county west of Lincoln, started when a controlled burn got out of control. This fire burned around 1,000 acres. In all it was estimated that at least a half dozen good-sized grassfires in southeast Nebraska this day according to a Lincoln fire investigator.
event_narrativeA brush and grass fire burned just about everything between the Salt Creek Levee Trail, a line of train tracks to the west and West A and South Streets according to the Lincoln Journal. It was unknown what started this fire. The fire caused about $200,000 damage to foam board, shingles, trucks and a trailer at While Castle Roofing. It also threatened numerous structures in the area briefly before being extinguished.
year2,014

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