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(Chadron, NE) Effective immediately, the Dawes County Sheriff and the Incident Management Team for the Dawes County Fire Complex have extended the evacuation area south of Chadron to include the following areas:
From Flag Butte Rd., north to Grantham, then west to the intersection with Bethel and Hartman (includes Barber, Indian Creek, the north half of Haynes, and the north half of Lemon), continuing due south past Squaw Creek to the intersection of East Belmont and Squaw Mound, and due east past Hollibaugh to just south of Highland, and then directly north to Flag Butte.
“This evacuation is necessary because between last night and Monday morning the Roberts fire flared up and moved further to the west-southwest,” Incident Commander Marc Mullenix said. “The new evacuation affects approximately 45 to 50 people, and all previous evacuations remain in effect until further notice.”
As with Sunday’s evacuation, the Red Cross will have the Kenwood Elementary School in Chadron open for evacuees.
Fact Sheet on Dawes County Complex (pdf 57k)
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