Timber Lake FD responds to house fires, reminds residents to check smoke detectors

  • Thousands of pounds of vegetables, beef and bison were distributed in Timber Lake as part of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Buffalo Authority food distribution recently funded with a $3.5 million grant. Free monthly distributions are planned across the Cheyenne River Reservation with tribal members and non-tribal members invited to participate. Photo by Jon Flatland
    Thousands of pounds of vegetables, beef and bison were distributed in Timber Lake as part of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Buffalo Authority food distribution recently funded with a $3.5 million grant. Free monthly distributions are planned across the Cheyenne River Reservation with tribal members and non-tribal members invited to participate. Photo by Jon Flatland

    The Timber Lake Fire Department has responded to two house fires in the past two weeks with both resulting in property loss.

    Fire Chief Jeremy Bollinger said the first call was Oct. 19 to a home on North G Street in Timber Lake where the attached garage was engulfed in flames. The home itself was saved but sustained heavy smoke damage. The cause is suspected to be an alternate heat source in the ga…