Kansas
Meade County residents asked to prepare for evacuation due to wildfire threat
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) – Update 5:45 p.m.: Meade County Emergency Management shared that Meade is no longer in immediate threat of the wildfire. There is currently no need to evacuate.
People living in Meade County may soon have to evacuate due to wildfires in the area.
On Sunday at around 4:50 p.m., Meade County Emergency Management and the Meade County Sheriff’s Office requested that Meade residents should prepare for possible evacuations.
A wildfire in the area is now threatening Meade. The wildfire is near 17 Road and P Road, about a half mile west of Highway 23. This is around two miles southwest of Meade.
Meade County Emergency Management transmitted the request through US National Weather Service Dodge City Kansas.
Wildfires in southwest Kansas have been active since Thursday. The Meade Lake fire, as of 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, had burned approximately 44,000 acres. Aviation and ground crews have been working to slow the fire’s growth.
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