Pretty Flower Fire Evening Update
Crews make good progress, evacuations lifted
Hayward, S.D. - Crews made good progress throughout the afternoon today leading to increased containment of the Pretty Flower Fire.
At just after 10 am this morning, Pennington County 911 received a report of a possible structure fire in the area of Pretty Flower Ln. and South Dakota Highway 40 near the Hayward Fire Station. What initially appeared to be a structure fire was a fast moving wildland fire. Fueled by dead, dry, receptive fuels and pushed by wind gusts approaching 40 mph, the fire spread quickly. The fire burned on primarily private land.
As of 5:30, fire crews are beginning to demobilize and leave the fire scene. Two engines and an Incident Commander will remain on the fire overnight. Tomorrow, two engines and two hand crews from South Dakota Wildland Fire will continue mop-up operations and work to achieve 100% containment.
Contact Jim Bussell, Pretty Flower Fire Public Information Officer, at 605-863-0061 for questions regarding this release.
At just after 10 am this morning, Pennington County 911 received a report of a possible structure fire in the area of Pretty Flower Ln. and South Dakota Highway 40 near the Hayward Fire Station. What initially appeared to be a structure fire was a fast moving wildland fire. Fueled by dead, dry, receptive fuels and pushed by wind gusts approaching 40 mph, the fire spread quickly. The fire burned on primarily private land.
As of 5:30, fire crews are beginning to demobilize and leave the fire scene. Two engines and an Incident Commander will remain on the fire overnight. Tomorrow, two engines and two hand crews from South Dakota Wildland Fire will continue mop-up operations and work to achieve 100% containment.
Location: Between Keystone and Hermosa S.D. near the intersection of Pretty Flower Ln. and South Dakota Highway 40 near a community known as Hayward, S.D.
Size: 33.13 acres. This adjustment reflects more accurate GPS mapping.
Containment: The fire is 75% contained as of 5:30 pm MST.
Resources Threatened: No resources are currently threatened. Earlier today, approximately 20-30 homes in the Rushmore Ranch Road area were threatened. The Hayward Fire Station was among the structures threatened.
Evacuations: All evacuation orders have been lifted.
Closures/Restrictions: Rushmore Ranch Rd. and roads off of Rushmore Ranch Rd. are re-opened to local traffic. Heavy emergency vehicle traffic will continue overnight.
Cause: Investigators have determined that the fire is human caused. A slash pile that was burned by a land owner while acceptable snow-cover existed appears to have escaped containment.
Pretty Flower Incident Management would like to take this opportunity to remind landowners that have burned slash piles this winter to check their piles. Although acceptable snow-cover may have existed during their burning activities, those piles may remain hot and could pose a risk to escape containment. Landowners are responsible for continuing to check their piles.
Pretty Flower Incident Management would like to take this opportunity to remind landowners that have burned slash piles this winter to check their piles. Although acceptable snow-cover may have existed during their burning activities, those piles may remain hot and could pose a risk to escape containment. Landowners are responsible for continuing to check their piles.
There are no further anticipated releases from this page unless significant activity occurs. Please tune to local media outlets for further updates.
Contact Jim Bussell, Pretty Flower Fire Public Information Officer, at 605-863-0061 for questions regarding this release.
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