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Wildfire in Red Willow, Nebraska

Wildfire March 21, 2026 · Red Willow, Nebraska

What the National Weather Service wrote

A wildfire started a couple miles south of McCook on the south side of the highway. As the fire moved north it jumped the highway. No structures were lost, however there was some unspecified damage done to a house and outbuildings, as well as some equipment near these structures. A farmer helping fight the fire lost a mobile water tank in the blaze. Total acres burned was around 800 acres.

The wider storm

A wildfire started a couple miles south of McCook on the south side of the highway. As the fire moved north it jumped the highway. No structures were lost, however there was some unspecified damage done to a house and outbuildings, as well as some equipment near these structures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1322271. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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