STURGIS, S.D. (KELO) -- Some families in the Sturgis area will sleep a lot better tonight - knowing that a hillside fire is no longer a threat.

This is what it looked like around 9:45 Sunday night, when Heidi Gebbi started getting nervous.

"You're looking at it and it's really close. I mean it was a little overwhelming even though it was still farther enough away, our life wasn't in danger at that very moment but it's a little overwhelming and scary to think within just a second and a wind breeze, an ember, it could be all gone," Sturgis local Heidi Gebbie said.

Fire crews from the area worked together to battle the fire and the conditions.

"High wind came through about that time just before we got called out to the fire. So on our way up to the fire it was blowing leaves and ash and s

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