Wildfire Reported Late Thursday Morning Near Waverly

This is a shot taken from the Nebraska 511 camera looking north from the Interstate 80 Weigh Station east of Waverly toward where a large fire burned on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024. (Courtesy of Nebraska 511)

LINCOLN–(KFOR Oct. 17)–First Responders have been at the scene of a large wildfire that started northeast of Lincoln late Thursday morning, which prompted a large fire response from neighboring communities.

A post on “X” from the Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office said the fire appeared to have started in a field near Highway 6 and 148th Street, which would be on the northeastern corner of Waverly and spread to the Lancaster County Line, near 190th and Mill Road. Traffic was shutdown on Highway 6 from 148th Street in Lancaster County to Church Road in western Cass County, near Greenwood.