Car Fire Occurs West Of Yankton

Car Fire Occurs West Of Yankton

Yankton firefighters battled a car fire Thursday afternoon that prompted the closure a road for an hour.

The Yankton Fire Department was called to the area of 435th Avenue and Kaiser Road west of Yankton just after 4:30 PM for a report of a vehicle fire.

Yankton Assistant Fire Chief Larry Nickels says firefighters arrived and extinguished the fire, and no injuries were reported.

He says the cause was determined to be a problem with the fuel pump.

The Yankton County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the fire.