HAYES, (KCCR) — Central South Dakota firefighters were called Thursday to a massive field fire near the Haakon/Stanley County border. Volunteer firefighters from numerous area department responded on a day where heat and humidity pushed heat indexes over 100 degrees. Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Tye Odden says a combine accidentally started the fire in wheat field…
Odden says the South Dakota Highway Patrol and Stanley County Law Enforcement provided traffic control around the fire on South Dakota Highway 63. Crews were fortunate the fire never crossed the highway…
The Grassland Fire Danger Index in Stanley County Thursday was moderate, but Odden says if hot temperatures continue with a lack of moisture, the fire danger could rapidly increase…
Firefighters were first called out to the Hayes area around 3:30 central time Thursday afternoon. The fire charred approximately 160 acres.
