20-plus wildfires currently active in northern Minnesota, officials say
Minnesota officials said Monday in a news conference in Ely that nearly 25 wildfires are active in the Superior National Forest, with three detected on Sunday alone.
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Minnesota officials said Monday in a news conference in Ely that nearly 25 wildfires are active in the Superior National Forest, with three detected on Sunday alone.
Officials with the Minnesota Incident Command System say the Evergreen Forest Fire, which has scorched 167 acres so far, was first reported on Thursday just east of Pine City, about 70 miles northeast of the Twin Cities.
It's the middle of the winter, but there are still 149 wildfires burning across Canada, including 2 deemed out of control.
As Canadian wildfires continue to proliferate and rage this summer, investigative reporter Jonah Kaplan and photojournalist Mike Durenberger traveled to Manitoba – the source of the wildfire smoke – to give you a first-hand look at the problem.
Investigators think lightning sparked a fire that's burning right now in the Superior National Forest about 15 miles southeast of Ely.
A section of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW) will reopen Friday, more than a week after a human-caused forest fire was completely contained.
Forest officials have determined a wildfire burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was caused by a human.
The latest in the wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
The fire was reported to forest officials at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday and is located southeast of Lake Three and north of Horseshoe Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
