Northeast Minnesota wildfires burn out of control
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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.
Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.
The Camp House Fire is nearly 12,000 acres; Jenkins Creek Fire is 6,800 acres; and Munger Shaw Fire is 1,400 acres. All are zero percent contained.
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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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMN wildfires live updates: 3 uncontained fires burn 20K+ acresTwo wildfires continue to burn in northern Minnesota, destroying hundreds of acres in the Superior National Forest and prompting nearby evacuations.
According to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the state has already had 970 fires this year. On average the state experiences a little over 1,100 a year, remember it’s only May.
Wildfires have exploded in size across parts of northeastern Minnesota north of Lake Superior, destroying at least 40 homes and buildings, as unseasonably high temperatures and low humidity will continue to drive dangerous fire weather on Tuesday.
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Minnesota wildfires: Latest conditions TuesdayFOX 9’s Soyoung Kim checks in from Brimson, Minnesota, near the Camp House wildfire that continues to rage uncontained.