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One bystander is on the phone while her son watches the propane fire behind Wheatcrest Hills on Friday evening. Two boys were seriously burned when the side-by-side ATV they were driving hit a vaporizer that ignited liquid propane. (Roger Gresh Photo)

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Wheatcrest Hills residents were evacuated to the front porch of the facility as a safety precaution when an accident caused a propane fire just south of the building on Friday evening.

Propane Fire Injures Two Boys

Two Britton boys suffered serious burns when the sideby-side ATV they were driving hit a propane vaporizer on the south side of Wheatcrest Hills in Britton Friday evening. Easton Zuehlke, son of Brian and Jill Zuehlke of Britton, and Lincoln Kilker, son of Preston and Rachelle Kilker of Britton, suffered first ...

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Marshall County Journal

PO Box 69, Britton, SD 57430
Phone: (605) 448-2281