'We need Mother Nature': Pillen enacts burn ban amid raging fire in north-central Nebraska
Source: Nebraska Examiner
Controlled burn lost control Monday afternoon, north of Johnstown in Brown County; burn ban continues through April
By: Zach Wendling - April 23, 2025 9:07 pm
LINCOLN — Gov. Jim Pillen enacted an emergency declaration and statewide burn ban Wednesday amid serious drought conditions and a raging wildfire in north-central Nebraska.
The “Plum Creek Fire” was 0% contained and had burned 6,631 acres and one cabin (a secondary residence), killed 45 cattle and destroyed at least eight utility poles, as of Wednesday afternoon.
Pillen addressed the fire from the Nebraska Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Lincoln and signed the burn ban and other proclamations related to the fire. What began Monday afternoon as a controlled burn approved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission got out of control, he and others said.
More than 50 different local fire departments, many run by volunteers, have responded, as have the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, NEMA, State Fire Marshal’s Office, Nebraska National Guard, Nebraska State Patrol, Game and Parks and Nebraska Forest Service.
Crews battle the Plum Creek Fire in north-central Nebraska’s Brown County. (Courtesy of Ann Moylan Fiala, Ainsworth Volunteer Fire Department)
Read more: https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/23/we-need-mother-nature-pillen-enacts-burn-ban-amid-raging-fire-in-north-central-nebraska/
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