Around 4 p.m., Monday, members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire, five miles north and two miles west of Superior. Superior used five trucks and stopped the fire before it jumped the highway. Above, members move in on foot to stomp out hot spots along the U.S. Highway 136 west right-of-way.
Members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire, five miles north and two miles west of Superior, Monday, around 4 p.m. Thick grayish white smoke rose high into the air, pushed by a gentle wind out of the northwest. The smoke across U.S. Highway 136 resulted in nearly zero visibility for approximately 1/4 mile until the fire was under control. The Nuckolls County Sheriff closed the highway and routed traffic around the fire via county roads.
Monday afternoon, members of the Superior Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire five miles north and two miles west of Superior along U.S. Highway 136 west.
The department sent five trucks: two grass rigs, a pumper truck, a tanker and the rescue truck with a bumper sprayer. Seventeen men responded to the call.
The fire rapidly consumed four acres of grassland on the north side of the highway. Farmers doing some repair work sparked the fire.
"They were shocked at how fast it traveled," Scott Nondorf, fire chief said.
White, dense smoke boiled high into the sky and although the fire was relatively small, smoke blocked visibility from one side to the other for highway traffic.
Firemen were able to keep the fire from jumping the highway. The rolling terrain was dry enough to hold the grass rigs and rescue truck. A moderate, light wind drove the fire across the pasture land to the southeast.
The Nuckolls County sheriff routed traffic around the fire using country roads to the south.
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