{"id":479695,"date":"2026-03-17T03:33:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479695\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T03:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T03:33:15","slug":"this-trail-camera-melted-in-a-wildfire-but-the-memory-card-and-the-images-of-the-fire-survived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/479695\/","title":{"rendered":"This trail camera melted in a wildfire, but the memory card \u2013 and the images of the fire \u2013 survived"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trail cameras are meant to capture what happens in the forest when no humans are there to witness it \u2013 but one camera has captured visuals of what it\u2019s like to be immersed in a wildfire.<\/p>\n

Last week, multiple wildfires burned through sections of central and western Nebraska. As of March 14, officials estimated around 600,000 acres<\/a> have been affected, making the wildfire one of the biggest in the state\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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Trail camera owner Jordan Adams knew the wildfires had gone through the rural Brady, Nebraska area where his trail camera was, and so he went out to see what was left. He found his non-cellular Tasco trail camera had melted.<\/p>\n

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However, when Adams brought what was left of the camera home and peeled it apart, he was surprised to find the memory card intact inside.<\/p>\n

The trail camera managed to capture several fiery photographs before its demise. Adams described his reaction as \u201cutter amazement and excitement to see just what the camera had caught.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Adams shared the photos with the Trail Camera Junkies Facebook group<\/a>, where several users described similar experiences in catching a wildfire on a trail camera \u2013 and even some trail cameras that were high enough on the tree to survive.<\/p>\n

The wildfire that melted Adam\u2019s camera was one of three wildfires in the region that began on March 12 \u2013 one of those fires is now being described as the largest in Nebraska\u2019s history. As of Sunday, March 15, firefighters were still working to contain the fires.<\/p>\n

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