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PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE A RAPIDLY GROWING WILDFIRE HAS BURNED MORE THAN 11 THOUSAND ACRES THIS EVENING.
THE FIRE ... NAMED THE "WELCOME SOUTH DAKOTA FIRE" IS CENTERED NEAR THE SLIM BUTTES AREA, NORTHWEST OF PINE RIDGE, MOVING TOWARD THE OGLALA DISTRICT.
EVACUATION ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR 200 HOMES IN the Slim Buttes community, Calico community, Tobacco community, #4 Payabaya community, Lakeside community and THE Oglala community ... WITH ANOTHER 300 HOMES ON PRE – ADVISORY NOTICE.
TWO HOMES HAVE BEEN LOST.
OGLALA SIOUX TRIBE PRESIDENT JOHN YELLOW BIRD STEELE HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION ... AND ASKED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT GRANT.
THE FIRE IS BETWEEN ZERO AND FIVE PERCENT CONTAINED.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS AND BRING MORE INFORMATION TO YOU AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE.
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