Chadron Fire Department get control of fire off West 2nd Street
Crews from the Chadron Fire Department along with a SEAT plane and a City of Chadron road maintainer fought the “City Fire” in a field off of the northwest end of West 2nd street on Friday afternoon.
Chadron Fire Chief Branden Martens says the call came in about 10-minutes after 3:00 pm on Friday.
The single engine air tanker made two slurry drops over the site and hand crews were able to build a solid containment line around the 2.25 acre fire.
Martens said that there were abandoned out-buildings that were lost to the fire. The cause of the fire is believed to be fireworks.
It’s the second time this week that fire crews have responded to a fire in town started by fireworks.
The Centennial Fire burned around an acre of land and 68 hay bales on Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
Crews Tackle Fires Near Crawford, Ardmore
Federal and local resources jumped on the “Double Fire” just four miles southwest of Crawford around 12:30 on Friday afternoon.
The lightning caused fire was held to a tenth of an acre and was contained by 4:35 pm on Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile in southern Fall River County South Dakota the “Duck Creek Fire” broke out approximately eight miles northeast of Ardmore just before 1:00 pm on Friday.
Federal and local crews responded to the blaze and contained it at a tenth of a mile.
The cause of the fire is listed as equipment.
Heavy rains moved through the region on Friday evening and should provide relief to dry conditions that have been developing since the middle of June.
