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High winds and warm, dry conditions are a combination we all dread. March 29 had it all. Winds over 50 mph started early in the morning, as did fire alarms. About noon a Jones County, South Dakota, county road man, Colin Strait noticed smoke, called it in and tried to make a fire line with his road grader until getting stuck crossing a creek. Local farmers, ranchers and volunteer fire departments responded to the call.
Mel and Clarice Roghair live northwest of Okaton, S.D., and a little before 1 p.m. they lost electricity but thankfully still had a corded phone. Their oldest son, Marty, called to tell them to pack up whatever was important and to be ready to leave as a bad fire was just to the north of their house. The wind was so fierce that Clarice wasn’t even able to open her west-facing door. She had to use the other door to load a few belongings and their dog in the car. “I took pictures from the east side of the house, watching flames lick up
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Perkins County ranchers picking up the pieces after Divide Fire
Several ranchers in Perkins County are recovering after an explosive grass fire left them stunned after almost losing everything, Ranchers saying without the courageous action of firefighters – it would have been everything.
April 3, 2021
Without the courageous action of firefighters – it
could have been everything.
Max Matthews is now looking at recovering from a grass fire that has destroyed part of his property and some of his flock of sheep.
“It’s a wonderful life, but it has its’ moments where it can be pretty harsh too.”
The divide fire raced through Perkins county the same day the Schroeder Fire started west of rapid city. The fast moving grass fire was fueled by high winds and critically dry conditions, burning almost 12,000 acres in a 3 day period. Drought has plagued ranchers and farmers in the region since last year, along with an increasingly difficult economic situation.
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