Wildfire in Jones, South Dakota

Wildfire July 26, 2025 – July 27, 2025 · Jones, South Dakota

What the National Weather Service wrote

A volunteer firefighter from Murdo died in a single vehicle rollover four miles north of Draper in Jones County as he was driving a 1989 Ford Fire Tender to the fire 15 miles south of Fort Pierre.

The wider storm

Lightning would spark a wildfire in northern Jones County. The fire would go on to consume 2250 acres at $75,000 in fire suppression costs. No structures were damaged/destroyed in the fire, which was primarily limited to prairie grassland and pasture. A firefighter responding to the blaze was killed in a vehicle accident.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268703. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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