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Left behind is hard to miss. Black and brown, scorched fence lines, and the reminder for many families that the emergency did not end when flames moved out. Travis Sullivan says that last Thursday, the flames of the Moral fire moved fast towards his Garden County property. The flames had got up in there, so we turned the horses loose, set them on their own because they’ll find *** place to be. So we saved the barge and we figured we’d have this afterwards, but I didn’t think it’d be this bad, truthfully. As the flames approached, Sullivan turned Thursday night into *** nonstop run for water. It was just an all night deal of just running water back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, keeping the spot fires down and forth from Oshkosh, Nebraska, our house in town, and then back up to here where the horses and stuff were kept. How much of *** drive is that for you? Oh, it’s about 10 miles. Is it? Yeah, so just back and forth delivering water. Yeah, bringing water, and then we would catch spot fires on the way back if we had *** little bit of left type thing, we’d to catch *** few spot fires on the way back. Sullivan saying up until the Morrell County fire came blazing through just days ago, the land behind us was completely covered in grass that was at least calf high. Oh, complete dread loss. I mean, I had just. I, I, there’s no words for it. There’s just no words for it. Time we got down in here, like I said, we barely had enough time to kick the gates open, get them the heck out of here. For Sullivan, the outlook comes down to this the worst did not happen until I lost my foal the other morning. I was feeling gratefully and luckily because I just lost things. I know people who’ve lost, you know, the home they’re living in. They’ve lost *** lot of their, their, uh, livestock which they make their living off of. I mean, I lost *** lot of inventory, no doubt about it. But I mean, I count myself very lucky from where what happened through here.
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Nebraska man hauls water overnight as flames from Morrill wildfire neared property
Blackened ground, scorched fence lines, and the reminder for many families that the emergency did not end when flames moved out.Travis Sullivan told KNOP in North Platte that last Thursday, the flames of the Morrill fire moved fast towards his Garden County property.”The flames had got up in there, so we turned their horses loose, set them on their own, because they’ll find a place to be. So we saved the barn because we figured we’d have this afterwards. I didn’t think it’d be this bad, truthfully,” Sullivan said.As the flames approached, Sullivan turned Thursday night into a non-stop run for water.”It was just an all-night deal of just running water back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, keeping the spot fires down,” Sullivan said. Sullivan said up until the Morrill County fire came blazing through just days ago, the land was completely covered in grass that was at least calf-high.”Oh, complete dread loss. I mean, I had just, there’s no words for it. There’s just no words for it. The time we got down in here, like I said, we barely had enough time to kick the gates open, get them the heck out of here,” Sullivan said.For Sullivan, the outlook comes down to this: the worst did not happen. “Until I lost my foley in the morning, I was feeling grateful and lucky because I just lost things. I know people who’ve lost, you know, the home they’re living in. They’ve lost a lot of their livestock, which they make their living off of. I mean, I lost a lot of inventory, no doubt about it. But, I mean, I count myself very lucky for what happened through here,” Sullivan said.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Blackened ground, scorched fence lines, and the reminder for many families that the emergency did not end when flames moved out.
Travis Sullivan told KNOP in North Platte that last Thursday, the flames of the Morrill fire moved fast towards his Garden County property.
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“The flames had got up in there, so we turned their horses loose, set them on their own, because they’ll find a place to be. So we saved the barn because we figured we’d have this afterwards. I didn’t think it’d be this bad, truthfully,” Sullivan said.
As the flames approached, Sullivan turned Thursday night into a non-stop run for water.
“It was just an all-night deal of just running water back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, keeping the spot fires down,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan said up until the Morrill County fire came blazing through just days ago, the land was completely covered in grass that was at least calf-high.
“Oh, complete dread loss. I mean, I had just, there’s no words for it. There’s just no words for it. The time we got down in here, like I said, we barely had enough time to kick the gates open, get them the heck out of here,” Sullivan said.
For Sullivan, the outlook comes down to this: the worst did not happen.
“Until I lost my foley in the morning, I was feeling grateful and lucky because I just lost things. I know people who’ve lost, you know, the home they’re living in. They’ve lost a lot of their livestock, which they make their living off of. I mean, I lost a lot of inventory, no doubt about it. But, I mean, I count myself very lucky for what happened through here,” Sullivan said.
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