Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Wildfire Update - 10/6/2021

 Red Shirt Fire 

  • Reported at 1:16 p.m. on 10/5/2021
  • Location: Oglala Lakota County, 14 miles East of Hermosa, SD
  • Size: 650 acres
  • Cause: unknown
  • Federal, and local resources are responding. Air Attack and 3 SEATs provided support and have been released from this fire.
Peterson Fire - County Assist
  • Reported at 12:22 a.m.
  • Location: 5 miles north of Rapid City, in Meade County, SD
  • Size: 10.6 acres
  • Cause: human
  • Federal and local resources responded.
  • Contained and controlled at 3:15 a.m. on 10/6/2021
Elk Creek Fire - County Assist
  • Reported at 12:14 a.m.
  • Location: 7 miles east of Piedmont, in Meade County, SD
  • Size: 21.05 acres
  • Cause: human
  • Federal and local resources responded.
  • Contained and controlled at 3:15 a.m. on 10/6/2021