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| SD DOC's Smoke Busters crews respond |
| By rapidcityjournal.com - Holly Meyer Journal staff |
| Published: 07/26/2012 |
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The Falls Fire, yet another lightning-caused blaze, kept firefighters busy Wednesday. Ignited Tuesday, the 275-acre Falls Fire is burning in a rugged canyon southeast of Hot Springs, with 40 percent containment, according to Brett Haberstick, fire information officer for the local Hell Canyon Incident Management Team. "It’s burning in some steep slopes, grasses and trees," Haberstick said. "Given the terrain, footing is an issue. There are a number of watch-out situations that firefighters have to be mindful of." The fire is a couple miles southwest of the 2007 Alabaugh Fire, another lightning-sparked fire that burned 10,324 acres, killed one resident and destroyed 33 homes, according to Journal archives. The area's almost daily thunderstorms are keeping firefighters swamped with calls. South Dakota, northern Nebraska and western Wyoming saw 880 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes on Tuesday alone, according to Howard Hunter, fire information officer for Great Plains Fire Information. That is 880 chances of a wildfire starting in the region. "It only takes one strike to get a fire started," said meteorologist Matthew Bunkers of Rapid City's National Weather Service office. It is not uncommon for a fire to take a couple of days to show up after a lightning strike. The fire is just waiting for the right weather conditions — high temperatures, winds and low humidity — to send up a column of smoke, Bunkers said. And that is typically when firefighters step in to put it out. About 10 miles south of the Nebraska state line, fire crews made good progress Wednesday on three lightning-caused fires, known as the Region 24 Complex, east of Valentine, Neb. The 72,405-acre Region 24 Complex began Friday, according to Mary Fritz, fire information officer for the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team. Within the complex, the Fairfield Fire has grown to 66,745 acres, Wentworth Fire to 3,278 acres and the Hall Fire to 2,382. The six helicopters on the fire helped fire officials make steady progress on the fire, which was 50 percent contained Wednesday night. Read More. |
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