Indian Canyon Fire Estimate Increased to 21 Square Miles
EDGEMONT, S.D. (AP) — Officials have increased their estimate of the size of a wildfire that briefly threatened the Black Hills community of Edgemont.
The Great Plains Fire Information service now estimates the Indian Canyon Fire at 13,500 acres, or about 21 square miles. An earlier estimate had it at 19 square miles.
The fire is now 60 percent contained and crews are mopping up.
The blaze was sparked by lightning over the weekend. About 20 homes on the outskirts of Edgemont were evacuated for a time that day.
No injuries have been reported and no structures have burned.
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