National Guard joins fight against wildfire in north-central Minnesota
Two Blackhawk helicopters and support crew are assisting firefighters trying to squelch a wildfire that has now spread across more than 1,400 acres near Nimrod.
Two Blackhawk helicopters and support crew are assisting firefighters trying to squelch a wildfire that has now spread across more than 1,400 acres near Nimrod.
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KARE 11 reports the fire was considered 80 percent contained as of Tuesday morning. The blaze has burned more than 1600 acres near Nimrod. Investigators are sill looking into what caused the wildfire.
A large fire was detected and spread rapidly in Lake County Sunday afternoon.
Fire crews and a wind switch combined to beat back a raging forest 216-acre fire Thursday that burned to the edge of popular tourist town Ely. Some nervous residents were briefly evacuated, but no injuries were reported and officials say no occupied homes were lost.
Minnesota officials have counted 997 wildfires in the state this year, surpassing 2011 by about 300 fires. But the average for the state is a little more than 1,500 wildfires, and in some years in recent decades Minnesota has had as many as 3,000 blazes.
Fire officials have declared a 175-acre wildfire that threatened the popular northeastern Minnesota tourist town of Ely to be completely contained. The containment effort got help from about 1.5 inches of rain that fell this weekend.
Minnesota will send 29 firefighters and nine trucks to help with wildfires across Oregon.
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