Rapid City, S.D. (S.D. DPS) – An interagency effort, led by South Dakota Wildland Fire and assisted by both federal and local resources, is actively working to suppress the First Thunder Fire about 3 miles SW of Rapid City and 2 miles northeast of Colonial Pine Hills. The fire was first reported on private property just after 6 p.m. Monday. There are no structures currently threatened by the fire.
South Dakota Wildland Fire estimates the fire at more than 40 acres burning primarily in the Black Hills National Forest. There is a transition of authority to a Type 3 Incident Management Team effective today (Tuesday).
Critical fire weather conditions are forecast to continue today with hot temperatures and relative humidity as low as 10 percent.
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