An overnight cold front helped firefighters battling a central Nebraska wildfire, reports the Associated Press.
温度,超过100度衰退nt days, dropped into the upper 80s Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A spokesman said the biggest help came from a shift in the wind, which had been coming from the south and pushing flames into trees and other growth along stream beds, called “draws.” With the wind now blowing from the northwest, it helped keep the fire out of those channels.
Firefighters won’t know until early Thursday whether they were able to keep the fires from spreading. Authorities have been flying over the fires at night and used infrared equipment to gauge the size of the blazes.
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