BRANDON, S.D. (AP) — A fire at a barn housing about 200 tires in southeast South Dakota is producing thick smoke that can be seen from miles away.

Emergency responders received the call about the blaze at the Royalwood Dairy Farm near Brandon around 2 p.m. Thursday. Several fire departments and the Minnehaha County Emergency Management are on scene.

The owners of the property tell the Argus Leader the fire began as a controlled burn. No cows have been hurt.

County's emergency manager Lynn DeYoung says fire crews are working to try to keep the blaze from spreading to other buildings. They're driving back and forth from Sioux Falls to get water to extinguish the fire.

The farm has hosted an open house every year since 2008 in June in celebration of Dairy Month.

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