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Minnesota's wildfire worry: September could be 'even scarier'

The U.S. Forest Service said Sunday that the raging wildfire in Superior National Forest did not expand its reach over the weekend, but that's not dampening anxieties for people in the area who fear the dangerous tinder-dry conditions will remain through the fall.

"It is so brutally dry. We just aren't getting the rain. The woods look sad. The leaves are falling," said Susan Rian, owner of the Trestle Inn Restaurant & Saloon near Finland. "A month from now could be even scarier."

The slowdown in the growth of the Greenwood fire comes as precautionary evacuations are underway in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, which has been closed to visitors for the first time in 45 years due to limited resources to address the fire threat. The 1  million-acre BWCA is within the boundaries of northeastern Minnesota's Superior National Forest.

https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-s-wildfire-worry-september-could-be-even-scarier/600090061/

 

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