A fire and flood hit the community of Okreek on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota as a result of a major rainstorm Tuesday night.
A bolt of lightning struck the Okreek Community Building at 9:30 p.m. that night. Residents tried to save the building but it was completely lost to the fire.
Complicating matters was a flood that submerged a bridge leading to Okreek, preventing the fire department from reaching the blaze.
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Fire, flood hit Okreek
(The Rapid City Journal 6/10)
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Fire and flood hits Rosebud Sioux Reservation
Thursday, June 10, 2004
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