Northeast Minnesota wildfires burn out of control
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The Camp House Fire has destroyed 144 structures, according to an update around 11 p.m. from St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay. The Jenkins Creek Fire had left a "couple structures destroyed and damaged," per Ramsay, though "the fire is too active in the area to check and get more details on those buildings that were lost."
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMN wildfires live updates: 3 uncontained wildfires continue to growThree uncontained wildfires continue to burn in northern Minnesota, torching thousands of acres and destroying more than 140 structures.
The wildfires burning across far northern Minnesota have nearly doubled in size from Tuesday, with 40,000 acres having been burned as of early Wednesday morning.
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.
Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.
A Tennessee hotshot crew is battling wildfires in northeastern Minnesota that have burned nearly 20,000 acres.
Minnesota wildfires force campground manager to evacuate property 03:09. Smoke from two wildfires burning in northeastern Minnesota is being picked up by radar and satellite image
A second wildfire in northeastern Minnesota exploded on Monday, and it's not far from the Camp House fire that has torched at least 750 acres and destroyed multiple cabins near the town of Brimson. The Jenkins Creek Fire, located approximately 14 miles southeast of Hoyt Lakes, started around 11 a.m., according to authorities.
The U.S. Forest service says say the Camp House fire has burned over 12,000 acres and 140 structures have been destroyed.
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.”
The Camp House Fire near Brimson has grown to 750 acres as of Monday morning. It was zero-percent contained as crews worked on the ground and from the air to douse the flames.