Area firefighters Isac Shephard, Cody Jeffrey, and Joel Barnett stand at the ready, as a “super scooper” plane flies to Foss Lake to refill Wednesday afternoon near Butler. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
With a wildfire located 3.5 miles south of Butler and all indications the blaze was apparently headed straight for the town of an estimated 200 people, Custer County Emergency Management Director Hardy Sperle knew he had to make the necessary call Wednesday afternoon.
Sperle called for a town evacuation around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday via the National Weather Service. He encouraged people to gather at C…
