Elinor Aspegren and Michael Klinski, USA TODAY NETWORK  5 hrs ago

‘Active and dangerous scene’: Mount Rushmore closed, 400 homes evacuated as multiple wildfires spread in South Dakota (msn.com)

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“Dangerous”wildfireshavespread through the area just outside Mount Rushmore on Monday, closing the monument and neighborhoods in Rapid City, South Dakota, while fire crews battle threatening high winds.© Siandhara Bonnet / Rapid City JournalFirefighters create a trench with axes on a hillside near Westberry Trails on Monday. The fire forced several neighborhoods in the area to be evacuated.

One blaze, named the Schroeder Roadfire, was estimated to be under 1,000 acres, incident commander Rob Powell saidduring a news conferenceMonday afternoon. At least 400 people have been evacuated, but no injuries have been reported. About 250 firefighters…