Fire offers only minimal setback to spring opening

Construction crews are completing final touches on the new addition to the Boys & Girls Club of Moody County following a small fire last week.
Firefighters responded early Monday, February 10 to a blaze inside the gymnasium. Flandreau Fire Chief Don Peters said welding sparks ignited plastic and insulation on the west wall while supports were being installed for new basketball hoops. Crews contained the fire with minimal water use, instead removing sheetrock, insulation, and plastic to prevent further spread. Damage was limited to the west wall, and repairs are underway.
We were ahead of schedule, with a completion date that had moved up from our original completion date. The fire didnt put us behind, rather put us back on schedule, so we still are on track to open the expansion in late spring.
We are so grateful for the firefighters who came in and quickly put out the flames, and it sounds like the crews have already reconstructed the wall that was affected by the fire, said Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Plains Chief Executive Officer Jody Hernandez.