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Minnesota’s Wildfires Demand National Response | Duluth News
Seventy-seven thousand acres in Northern Minnesota are engulfed in unprecedented wildfires, fueled by record-breaking heat and a snow-poor winter—conditions more typical of Arizona than Minnesota. A specialized southern U.S. incident management team is en route, but remote terrain forces firefighters to arrive by canoe or float plane, with minimal room for large logistical bases. Local sheriffs are coordinating evacuations, including 300 homes near Fernburg, while federal leaders vow to deploy every available resource. Two major fires—the uncontained Thumb Fire near Boundary Waters and the…
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