BROOKINGS COUNTY (10-26-26) — Multiple units respond to a grass fire Friday afternoon.
The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office says it happened on 198th Street near 481st Avenue, around 4 p.m. on October 23.
Responding units found a grass fire spreading through a field. Firefighters from the White and Toronto Fire Departments were able to extinguish the blaze. Sheriff’s deputies say they believe the fire started from an insulator on a power line. A damage estimate is still being compiled.
The fire is under investigation by the Brookings County Sheriff’s Office.
— Brookings Radio News
