At approx. 11:30 PM Sunday April 21st, 2013 Sioux Falls Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire at W. 16th St. and S. Minnesota Ave. Fire Rescue received reports of a large fire with possibly eight people in the structure trying to exit.
The members of South Dakota's congressional delegation are urging the U.S. Forest Service to consider using a soon-to-be retired Air Force aircraft to fight wildland fires in the Black Hills and other states in the Rocky Mountain region.
Sioux Falls Fire Rescue was dispatched to a reported structure fire on Saturday at 6 a.m. The caller reported a residential duplex with smoke coming from the roof and residents still inside the duplex.