Nebraska wildfires This image provided by the Nebraska State Patrol shows smoke from a wildfire, Saturday, April 23, 2022 near Cambridge, Neb.
Alyssa Sanders, with the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency, confirmed to The Associated Press on Sunday that John P.
Trumble, a retired fire chief in Cambridge, Nebraska, was working with firefighters as a spotter in Red Willow County, where the blaze had scorched more than 78 square miles by Sunday afternoon.
Of the 15 known injured firefighters, five were working the fire that killed Trumble, but NEMA could not immediately provide status updates on any of the wounded.
“Grasses are just beginning to turn green.
Farther southwest, the 21,000-acre Tunnel Fire near Flagstaff, Arizona, was 3% contained as of Saturday morning, according to the U.S.
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