VIDEO: Over the past week, several wildfires have popped up in the Black Hills โ with the Green Acres Fire being the biggest one. The Green Acres Fire started to approach homes and evacuation orders were made.
Mike Remington was across the state when the fire came near his house. Thankfully, his daughter and grandchild made it out safely. โSo they were at the house and they were told they had five minutes to evacuate,โ Remington said. โAnd when youโre that far away thereโs not really anything you can do about it. And you just hope for the best and you hope someone takes care of them and they were safe, and everything else can be replaced.โ
The fire spread to 340 acres and got within three miles of Hot Springs. โSo weโre looking at our one-hour fuel moistures like our grasses. And so those fuel moistures dry out very rapidly very quickly within that hour timeframe and so when those fires do start happening, itโs very easy for it to start spreading in that grass,โ SD Wildland Fire Chief of Operations Jason Rodriguez said
