A juvenile with a flare gun may have ignited the Vineyard Fire that burned 560 acres at Hot Springs, South Dakota.
According to a cause and origin report completed by fire investigator Jeff McBraw, a 16-year old girl “…stated that her boyfriend who is also a juvenile possibly started this fire with a flare gun,” McGraw wrote.
The Fall River County Sheriff’s Office will handle any further investigation.
The fire started August 11 near an abandoned vineyard and caused evacuations on the east side of Hot Springs.
