RAPID CITY - A lightning strike fire in Fall River County
burned 75 acres on private land Friday evening, according to a news
release from the Northern Great Plains Fire Information
Center.
The Maitland Fire was contained, and no structures were
threatened.
The fire was eight miles west of U.S. Highway 385 of Maitland
Road. Volunteer fire departments from Cascade, Olrich, Hot Springs,
Oral, Minnekahta and Smithwick responded.
Also, six small fires in the Black Hills Fire Protection
District burned a total of 6 acres since Thursday.
The fires ranged in size from 1/10 of an acre to 3 acres.
Officials from the U.S. Forest Service, the State of South Dakota
and local volunteer fire departments responded. All the fires have
been contained and controlled.
