READING - One person was displaced as a result of the fire late Friday night on a rural Reading farm site.
Rushmore Fire Chief Brent Petersen reported Monday that the adult male may be staying with family.
The Rushmore Fire Department was paged to the scene at approximately 9:40 p.m. Friday to the blaze, and called for mutual assistance from both Wilmont and Worthington. Petersen said his crew was on the scene until approximately 3 a.m.
“(It was) cold, dark and icy,” Petersen said, adding that the site is “a long ways from just about anywhere - out in the middle of nowhere.”
Despite the frigid conditions, Petersen said there weren’t any problems battling the blaze.
The fire, he said, may likely have been caused by a wood burning stove in the home.
