Northeast Minnesota wildfires burn out of control
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FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul on MSNMinnesota wildfires maps: Evacuation areas, latest informationHere are the latest evacuation maps for the Camp House, Jenkins Creek and Munger Shaw wildfires burning in northern Minnesota.
Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.
The U.S. Forest service says say the Camp House fire has burned over 12,000 acres and 140 structures have been destroyed.
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 new incident command team will take over the response to the two largest fires beginning Wednesday, state officials said.
The Camp House Fire is nearly 12,000 acres; Jenkins Creek Fire is 6,800 acres; and Munger Shaw Fire is 1,400 acres. All are zero percent contained.
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.”
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.