(ABOVE: 2022 NCN photo of Scotts Bluff county grass fire)

SCOTTSBLUFF -- A large uncontrolled grass fire has been reported near Scotts Bluff County Roads G and 25 northeast of Scottsbluff. 

Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's officials are on the scene. 

As of 2:48 p.m. today, Banner, Minatare, Morrill County, Scottsbluff Fire, Scottsbluff Rural Fire, Gering Fire Department and Mitchell Fire Department have been dispatched to the fire.

The National Weather Service has issued an Heat Advisory until 6 p.m. Friday, July 26.

Fire Warning

NEC157-252203- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Fire Warning NE Region 22 Emergency Management Agency Relayed by National Weather Service Cheyenne WY 203 PM MDT Thu Jul 25 2024 The following message is transmitted at the request of Region 22 Emergency Management Agency. Follow up grass fire message && LAT...LON 4191 10356 4191 10364 4194 10364 4194 10356 $$ 17219378190001381312702

A Red Flag Warning is also in place for the Scottsbluff area until 9 p.m. tonight. NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-261500- Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County- Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County- Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County- Including the cities of Chadron, Chadron St Park, Alliance, Hemingford, Scottsbluff, Gering, Harrisburg, Angora, Bridgeport, Bayard, Redington, Kimball, Sidney, Brownson, Harrison, and Agate 1109 AM MDT Thu Jul 25 2024

 

Information regarding wildfires and Impacts in Nebraska is available from the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) at http://dee.ne.gov/NDEQProg.nsf/OnWeb/AirSA-3 Alerts are based on data available from weather forecasts, smoke plume modeling, satellite imagery, and from air quality monitors located in Omaha, Bellevue, Blair, Lincoln, Beatrice, Grand Island, and Scottsbluff.

Advisories for smoke and air quality are issued for affected areas by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) and Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) and posted on agency webpages and social media sites.

By notifying the media and local health departments, alerts help citizens protect their health by informing them of days where outdoor activities should be reduced or avoided to minimize exposure to smoke.