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Fire danger running high in Iowa, Nebraska fields

This fall’s warm, dry and windy weather is creating some dangerous fire conditions in Iowa and Nebraska corn fields.

One rural firefighter and farmer in northern Iowa told agriculture.com that his area had a total of six combine/field fires on Wednesday—and with winds from 30 to 45 miles per hour and gusting to 60, the fire reached up to two miles wide.

A wildfire in central Nebraska this week swept though nearly 26,000 acres of pasture and farmland, causing millions of dollars in crop losses.  Local officials say center pivot irrigation systems were also damaged and as many as four homes were destroyed or affected.

University of Nebraska farm safety specialist Dave Morgan reminds farmers to keep their equipment clean; to fix any fuel, hydraulic or oil leaks; and to carry at least one, and preferably two, fully charged ten pound ABC fire extinguishers.

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