Five escape Saturday night house fire in Custer

Custer, SD.  –  According to local authorities, five people managed to escape a house fire on Saturday night in Custer, located in southwestern South Dakota.

The Pennington County Fire Service stated in a press release that the home was located at 12253 Bavarian Hills Road. Mutiple agencies responded to the house fire. The blaze did cause significant damage to the home, but the fire did not spread to surrounding structures.

The five occupants of the home were treated and released from the hospital, and no firefighters were injured finghting the blaze.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.