Trails Fire News Today

  Seth Tupper joins with an update on the cause of the Schroeder Fire in western South Dakota being from a debris pile. Irony is that the debris being burned was from the Westberry Trails Fire in 1988. SD Focus: Jackie Hendry previews the SD Focus Earth Day broadcast with an eye to conservation issues in South Dakota. Guns in South Dakota: Matt Schlueter is a certified firearms instructor in SF. He will discuss firearms safety and training, including the decisions South Dakotans make when th...

The owner of the land where investigators say the Schroeder Fire ignited in a slash pile is a former wildland firefighter who believes the blaze began with an arson. “We have reason to believe the Schroeder Fire was caused intentionally, by an unrelated third party,” the owner wrote in a written statement cited in a 60-page investigative report. “I am 100% sure the burn pile fire was completely out,” he said. The Schroeder Fire broke out around 9:22 a.m. on March 29 at 8875 Schroeder Ro...