David Schaper

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Dan Kraker |David Schaper |Catharine Richert

Some owners of homes and cabins in areas torched by this week’s massive wildfires in northeastern Minnesota got their first look Friday at the devastation and had a chance to see if their structures were still standing or if they had burned to the ground.

1 month ago | mprnews.org | Dan Kraker |David Schaper |Catharine Richert

Some owners of homes and cabins in areas torched by this week’s massive wildfires in northeastern Minnesota got their first look Friday at the devastation and had a chance to see if their structure were still standing or if they had burned to the ground.

1 month ago | mankatofreepress.com | Dan Kraker |David Schaper

Firefighters battling at least three major, out-of-control wildfires in northeastern Minnesota contended with more hot, dry, windy weather on Wednesday, making it difficult to contain the blazes. The Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires together have burned more than 54 square miles of forest — an area larger than the city of Minneapolis — and destroyed at least 140 structures.

1 month ago | southernminn.com | Dan Kraker |David Schaper

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1 month ago | mprnews.org | Dan Kraker |David Schaper

Firefighters battling at least two major out of control wildfires in northeastern Minnesota are bracing for more hot, dry windy weather on Wednesday, making it difficult to contain the blazes. The Camp House and Jenkins Creek fires together have burned more than 30 square miles of forest, destroying dozens of homes and cabins. Authorities have issued evacuation advisories to the residents of more than 100 homes in the area, and some of those evacuation advisories have been extended.