With the region under a red flag warning and a wind advisory, firefighters were kept busy by grass fires in the county. Daily Sun photos by Rob Schlotterbeck.Â
Firefighters fight a grass fire on Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 on Thursday.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke rises from a grass fire north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 on Thursday.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke hides the horizon as a fire crew battles the blaze Thursday in a field north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
More fire crews enter the burning field north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 on Thursday.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke obscures the view looking east on Hackberry Road west of U.S. 77 Thursday as the Hickory Road fire moves north.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke rises from both sides of Hackberry Road west of U.S. 77 during Thursday's grass fire looking to the east.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
A road grader enters the field where a grass fire started along Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 on Thursday.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
A Nebraska State Patrol vehicle heads south on South Fifth Drive north of Hackberry Road as smoke from a grass fire blows to the northeast beyond the trees. The fire started north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 and traveled northeast with the wind, crossing the highway and Hackberry on its way.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke from Thursday's grass fire shrouds a line of trees north of the Dogwood Road and South Fifth Drive intersection.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun
Smoke rises from a burning field near the intersection of Oak Road and U.S. 77 south of Beatrice on Thursday.
