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Three wildfires in northern Minnesota’s Arrowhead region have grown quickly from a few hundred acres to several thousand, with new evacuations and reports of destroyed buildings increasing by the day.
– The Camp House Fire has now destroyed 140 buildings. While there is no updated figure, authorities now say the fire has spread in excess of 12,000 acres. The Jenkins Creek Fire is also ongoing, with deputies asking people to stay off of Forest Hwy 11 that leads from Townline to the City of Hoyt Lakes.
COTTON — An evacuation order has been issued for residents "south of Comstock Road, west of Upper Bug Lake (Road), East of Lily Lake, and North of Wood Tick," due to spread of the Munger Shaw Fire, St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay posted on social media Wednesday afternoon.
Three wildfires erupted in Northern Minnesota over the past few days amid unseasonably high temperatures and extreme fire danger.
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNWildfire in Superior National Forest grows to 750 acres, forces evacuationsA wildfire in the Superior National Forest has now burned 750 acres and forced some evacuations in northern Minnesota on Sunday.
A fire in Arizona has set over 3,500 acres ablaze and is continuing to grow as officials work to control the flames, according to officials. The Greer Fire started Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time in Greer, Arizona, which is around 223 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, according to a press release published by 311 Info.