Rural house fire extinguished but later reignites and burns to ground

In this photo taken at 7:19 a.m. on Thursday, March 21, crews are still knocking down the flames of a house fire located north of Hot Springs at 27097 Ridgeview Springs Road. Despite the fire believed to have been fully extinguished later that evening, the home reignited overnight and was completed burned to the ground by the morning of March 22. Photo by Brett Nachtigall/Fall River County Herald-Star

CUSTER COUNTY – Firefighters from Hot Springs, Minnekahta, Pringle, Argyle as well as South Dakota Wildland Fire assisted in the fire suppression of a structure fire last Thursday, March 21, north of Hot Springs near Hwy. 385, just across the county line in Custer County. According to Fall River Dispatch, the original 911 call was made at 6:46 a.m. by the lone male resident of the home at…

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