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Crews respond to a lightning-caused fire at Wind Cave National Park

August 28, 2020 · Source: National Park Service

A small white plane flies over smoke rising from a tree covered ridge several miles away.
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Federal, state, and local personnel are working to control the Rankin Fire burning in the northwest portion of the Wind Cave National Park. By 4:00 pm Friday, August 28, the lightning-caused wildfire had burned an estimated 28 acres.

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