Legion Fire Grew Overnight

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A firefighter uses a drip torch to make a fire line Monday, Dec. 11, 2017, while battling the Legion Lake Fire in Custer State Park in South Dakota. A wildfire is spreading and forcing evacuations in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of southwest South Dakota. (Jim Holland/Rapid City Journal via AP)

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It was reported Tuesday morning  that the Legion lake Fire remains zero percent contained…

Kelsey Bean PIO for the Legion Lake Fire, at Custer State Park

Said the fire has grown overnight..

Bean said that a pump house was burned, which was a low priority, but they are concerned about the legion lake lodge, the game lodge, and the blue bell lodge, and the star academy area are at risk…..

5 crews

200 firefighers and personnel

Type 2 from rocky mountain incident management

Custer state park, 16 a closed, will remain closed

By: KOTA’s Marnie Cook