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Winds and dry heat helped whip flames of a wildfire in Northwest Nebraska that grew by nearly 78 square miles today.

The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency says the fire between Chadron and Rushville grew to more than 93 square miles— an area bigger than the size of Lincoln.

The blaze is one of three large wildfires sparked by lightning earlier in the week in the Northwestern corner of Nebraska.

The other two fires burning to the west have burned about 115 square miles.

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