Fire

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Sioux Falls police have arrested a suspect in a weekend fire that damaged a 40-unit storage building. The blaze at the Arena Storage complex was reported shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday. Investigators determined the fire started inside one of the storage units....

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Investigators say a fire that damaged a strip mall in Sioux Falls is suspicious. No one was hurt in the late Wednesday blaze, but two businesses suffered fire damage and smoke spread throughout the building. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined...

MANSFIELD (AP) — Lightning is believed to be the cause of a fire that damaged a hunting lodge in northeastern South Dakota. Edmunds County Sheriff Todd Holtz tells the American News that there was bad weather and power outages in the area during the time of the fire at the Grass...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — No one was hurt in a fire that damaged a strip mall in Sioux Falls. More than 30 firefighters responded to the scene about 11 p.m. Wednesday after people in a neighboring building noticed smoke. Flames were contained to two of the mall's units, but smoke damage...

MADISON (AP) — A 25-year-old man is accused of starting two fires in Madison and assaulting a police officer. The Daily Leader reports that fire damage at the Uptown Apartments where Travis Smith Jr. lived was contained to a closet, but that the One Stop convenience store suffered...

PIERRE (AP) — Fire has displaced about a dozen residents at a Pierre motel building that's used for apartments. KCCR radio reports that the blaze at the State Motel building broke out about 5 a.m. Thursday. Firefighters had it under control within minutes, but several apartments...

RAPID CITY (AP) — Rapid City is adding up to 15 people to its firefighting force, thanks in large part to a $1 million federal grant, but the city's fire chief says a long-term solution to staffing woes is still needed. Chief Mike Maltaverne said earlier this summer that the department...

SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Two people rescued by firefighters who responded to a town house fire in Sioux Falls were taken to a hospital for evaluation. Firefighters responded to the blaze about 1 a.m. Friday and found flames coming from a back deck. Crews rescued the two people inside...

ABERDEEN (AP) — Fire destroyed about 260 large round hay bales in rural Brown County. Aberdeen Rural Assistant Fire Chief Derwin Kampa tells the American News that spontaneous combustion likely caused the Tuesday afternoon blaze. No one was hurt. Smoke from the fire prompted authorities...

WESTPORT (AP) — A weekend fire destroyed a warehouse business in northern South Dakota that sells baling supplies. The American News reports that the Saturday afternoon blaze at Haywire LLC & Haywire Feed Mill LLC west of Westport destroyed the building, as well as supplies...

STURGIS (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Sturgis say the fire that heavily damaged a local home and injured a woman over the weekend is being investigated as arson. Sturgis Police Chief Geody Vandewater tells the Rapid City Journal that the initial investigation shows the Saturday...

SPEARFISH (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says a closure order for the Crow Peak area has been lifted and a wildfire on the peak west of Spearfish is fully controlled. The agency said Wednesday that visitors can now use the Crow Peak hiking trail. The blaze sparked by lightning on...