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Multiple wildfires were ignited in central Nebraska on Feb. 26, scorching tens of thousands of acres of crop ground and rangeland.

Lincoln County commissioners, North Plattes top two firefighters and County Sheriff Jerome Kramer praised local residents input at two town-hall meetings in the wake of the late February wildfire.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

The Betty’s Way Fire in central Nebraska was 82% contained at midday Wednesday after burning a home and damaging another in a wind-whipped race across Lincoln and Custer counties Monday.

Gov. Jim Pillen approved a state disaster that allows funds from the Governor’s Emergency Fund to be used to assist in the response to a wildfire in west-central Nebraska.