Northeast Minnesota wildfires burn out of control
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Three wildfires erupted in Northern Minnesota over the past few days amid unseasonably high temperatures and extreme fire danger.
Crews in northeastern Minnesota are battling three wildfires on Monday, two of which have grown to thousands of acres in size.
An update issued at 7:46 a.m. revealed that the Jenkins Creek Fire expanded to 6,000 acres, a significant increase from the 1,500 acres it had devoured as of Monday evening.
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Minnesota wildfires maps: Evacuation areas, latest informationHere are the latest evacuation maps for the Camp House, Jenkins Creek and Munger Shaw wildfires burning in northern Minnesota.
A Tennessee hotshot crew is battling wildfires in northeastern Minnesota that have burned nearly 20,000 acres.
Two major wildfires continue to burn in northeastern Minnesota, prompting evacuations and drawing additional firefighting resources to the region. As of Wednesday morning, the Jensen Creek Fire in St.
Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.
The bar has had some “rude” rubberneckers treating the tragedy “like a bonfire,” said Jessica Willemarck, but by and large, the proprietors have seen “just a lot of concerned people trying to figure out what’s all going on.”
A new incident command team will take over the response to the two largest fires beginning Wednesday, state officials said.
Fueled by low humidity and gusting winds, one fire started Sunday afternoon near Brimson and another fire started late Monday morning nearby.
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