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Northern Minnesota wildfire response: “This is when you find out what kind of community you live in”
Fridley residents, the northwoods community is where they escape year-round. Today, they learned from their neighbors that all that remains on their property is their chimney. “We lost everything,” she said,
Smoke from two wildfires burning in northeastern Minnesota is being picked up by radar and satellite imagery. Satellite imagery from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) on Monday afternoon showed plumes of smoke from the Camp House Fire and Jenkins Creek Fire.
Fueled by low humidity and gusting winds, one fire started Sunday afternoon near Brimson and another fire started late Monday morning nearby.
Fire crews are contending with another day of volatile fire conditions in northeast Minnesota on Tuesday, as they continue to battle large wildfires that have burned more than 20,000 acres
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMN wildfires: Gov. Walz to hold briefingGov. Walz is set to brief media members at 12:30 p.m. on the latest efforts to contain three major wildfires burning in northern Minnesota. You can watch the news briefing live here:
State and local fire teams have been leading the battle against the Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires since they broke out on Sunday and Monday respectively. Jenkins Creek fire in the distance. Camp House fire in the forefront.
Gov. Tim Walz on Monday directed the Minnesota National Guard to respond to northern Minnesota as two major wildfires burn thousands of acres in St. Louis County, forcing residents to evacuate.
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMN wildfires: Sheriff reveals potential causes for firesA discarded cigarette and an unattended camp fire might have sparked two of the wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in northern Minnesota this week.
Firefighters are battling three major wildfires in Minnesota, all of which have burnt over a thousand acres of land.The Camp House Fire, the Jenkins Creek Fire, Munger Shaw Fire in St Louis County were all at zero percent containment on Monday evening.
Anthony Coughlin, the owner of a local dog sledding business called Endurance Kennels LLC, wrote on GoFundMe that one dog born at the business' kennel in 2022 died early Monday morning "due to the immediate evacuation and stress of the Camp House Fire."