Fire crews working to contain wildfire northwest of Lemmon,

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Jan 15, 2021 7:37 AM
(Watertown Radio)- Nearly 20 fire departments from two states have been fighting a massive wildfire northwest of Lemmon in Adams County, North Dakota.
Lemmon Fire Marshal Shane Penfield says the fire call came in at 4:30 Thursday afternoon during extremely windy conditions.
Lemmon immediately requested mutual aid from the Hettinger, North Dakota Fire Department and an initial attack was made.
Penfield says the fire was growing very rapidly and moving southeast.
Several farms and ranches were evacuated and structure protection was initiated by responding fire departments from as far away as Mobridge, Faith and Bowman, North Dakota.

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