Ellsworth Air Force Base officials have not yet found a cause for the fires that happened near Box Elder Thursday after a B-1B Lancer bomber was forced to land.
Ellsworth public affairs officials are not sure when a cause will be released.
The bomber landed after an in-flight emergency was declared shortly after 11 a.m. Thursday during a scheduled training sortie. The aircraft landed safely with no reported injuries. Several small spot grass fires were apparently caused by the bomber, but the fires were quickly extinguished.
Posted in Local on Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:00 pm
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