Local Fire Departments Respond To Structure And Grass Fire Days Apart

Local Fire Departments Respond To Structure And Grass Fire Days Apart

PIERRE, (KCCR) — All the recent rain has it green outside in many places but fire is a concern that still lingers both in and out of town. Pierre Fire Chief Ian Paul says firefighters were called last weekend to a garage fire Saturday morning in the 400 block of South Chapelle Street….

Paul says of the four-unit garage, one sustained severe damage; one moderate damage and limited to no damage in the other two…

Meanwhile the Pierre Rural Fire Department responded Monday to a grass fire along U-S Highway 14 five miles east of Pierre Pierre Rural Chief Doug Hinkle says about a half acre burned…

Crews were on scene at the grass fire for about an hour Monday.