Homes Evacuated Near Former Badger Army Ammunition Site

People living in five homes near the former Badger Army Ammunition site in Prairie du Sac had to be evacuated Wednesday after a controlled burn spread underground.  No injuries were reported.  The flames at the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area ignited what officials are calling an “unknown substance” underground.  A hazmat team decided the let the fire burn itself out.  That recreation area was closed to the public while the Department of Natural Resources monitored the underground fire.