Flags at Half-Staff Tuesday



     PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Gov. Dennis Daugaard is asking that all
flags in South Dakota be flown at half-staff from 8 a.m. until
sunset Tuesday in honor of a state forest firefighter who died
while battling a blaze in the southern Black Hills.
     The governor's office says 23-year-old Trampus Haskvitz of Hot
Springs died from injuries suffered when the fire engine he was
working on was burned by the Coal Canyon fire.
     Two other firefighters from Hot Springs, Austin Whitney and
Kevin Fees, were injured.
     Funeral services for Haskvitz have been set for Tuesday in Hot
Springs.
     Haskvitz had been employed with the South Dakota Wildland Fire
Suppression Division since 2006. The governor's office says he
recently graduated from Dickinson State University in North Dakota
with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
    
    
    

    
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