Firefighters Battling First Thunder Fire near Rapid City

Rapid City, S.D. – An interagency effort, led by South Dakota Wildland Fire (SDWF) 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 NE of Colonial Pine Hills. The fire was first reported on private property just after 6 pm Monday. There are no structures currently threatened by the fire. 

SDWF estimates the fire at more than 40 acres burning primarily in the Black Hills National Forest. There will be a transition of authority from SDWF to a Type 3 Incident Management Team effective this morning at 8 a.m.

Critical fire weather conditions are forecast to continue today with hot temperatures and relative humidity as low as 10 percent.

South Dakota Wildland Fire is an agency of the Department of Public Safety.

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