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Silver Spoon Fire grows to 1700 acres in northern Campbell County

GILLETTE (WNE) — The Silver Spoon Fire north of Recluse has burned an estimated 1700 acres since starting Sunday morning.

The Campbell County Fire Department “made good progress” on the fire Sunday, according to a Facebook post, and at 6 p.m. Monday, Southwest Area Incident Management Team No. 5 took over the management of this fire, which is about 37 miles north of Gillette.

The same team is overseeing the Constitution and Flat Rock fires in Campbell County, as well as the House Draw Fire in Johnson County and Remington Fire in...