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Efforts to battle the Morrill County wildfire on Monday are focusing on containment and preventing any additional spread of the fire that has been burning since Thursday. As of Monday morning, some sources cited more than 570,000 acres had been damaged in the wildfire.
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Contact Maunette Loeks: maunette.loeks@starherald.com, 308-632-9054.
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