RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) - Crews have fully contained one wildfire in northwestern South Dakota’s Harding County but are still working to get a handle on a second blaze.
The Great Plains Fire Information office says the Sheep Draw Fire is 100 percent contained, but the Moonshine Fire is only about 5 percent contained. The cause of both fires is still being investigated.
The Sheep Draw Fire scored nearly 22 square miles. The Moonshine Fire is about 6 square miles in size. State Highway 20 between Buffalo and Reva was closed due to that fire. Officials reopened the stretch of road Thursday night.
To the east in Potter County, officials have reopened stretches of U.S. Highway 212 and state Highway 47 that were closed due to a grass fire near Gettysburg.
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