Multiple Brush Fires in South Central Nebraska/North Central Kansas

There are currently multiple brush fires (6-10) happening within about 100mi radius in South Central Nebraska and North Central Kansas.
The town of Stockton KS has alerted the residents in the south part of town to evacuate.

We have been experiencing extremely high winds all day, and the visibility due to smoke and dust is horrible, just making everything worse.

I will start trying to gather some links as time permits, I just wanted to get this thread started in case anything comes from this.

As of right now, no one is sure how this will play out.My local scanner link
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a reply to: Chickensalad

Im in Australia are these forest fires or in crops like wheat,corn etc?

a reply to: khnum

Prairie fires, open fields spreading due to 45-55mph+ winds

a reply to: Chickensalad

Stay safe fam.

This wind is crazy. I'm just watching stuff blow by the window.

originally posted by: c2oden
This wind is crazy. I'm just watching stuff blow by the window.

Yup...everything's covered in dust, inside and out....I made the mistake of opening windows this morning.

a reply to: Chickensalad

stay safe and update if you can,,,,,fires not good...do you think this was deliberate being so many happening around the same time...do you have drought conditions there right now??

Yep, It's pretty bad in places. I was on the phone with dad. My sister lives down around Hutch are in Kansas. She moved out of one house and to a new area, but the area she did live in was under threat from a large grass fire.

The wind around here has been crazy. Meanwhile, we've been listening to the tornado sirens up here all evening.