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Smoke Shrouds North Woods Communities | Duluth News
Wildfire smoke is choking northern Minnesota, blanketing skies so thick they’re vanishing landmarks and forcing closures—from Pinehurst Park beaches to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Sixty-five thousand acres burn in the Superior National Forest, turning daily life into a haze-filled struggle: fishermen, lawn mowers, and racers all donning respirators as visibility plummets. A historic family cabin faces potential loss, while towns like Ely and communities from Grand Marais to Superior grapple with smoke that’s turning familiar highways into ghostly specters. Officials watch…
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