Northeast Minnesota wildfires burn out of control
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Crews in northeastern Minnesota are battling three wildfires on Monday, two of which have grown to thousands of acres in size.
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMinnesota 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 new incident command team will take over the response to the two largest fires beginning Wednesday, state officials said.
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.”
One of the three wildfires burning in northern Minnesota has exploded in size in just a matter of a few hours.On Tuesday morning, the online tracker Watch Duty showed the Jenkins Creek Fire has grown to 6,
Fueled by low humidity and gusting winds, one fire started Sunday afternoon near Brimson and another fire started late Monday morning nearby.