Fire danger across Minnesota currently ranges from high to extreme. This means that wildfires can easily start and spread quickly. To reduce the potential for new wildfires; State, tribal, local, and federal land managers are implementing fire restrictions statewide.
Effective 12:01 am, Friday, October 7, 2011, building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal fire or wood-burning stove is prohibited anywhere on national forest lands within the boundaries of the Chippewa National Forest and Superior National Forest . The only exception is within constructed steel fire grates provided by the Forest Service at fee-for-use campgrounds. Gas or propane camp stoves may be used anywhere on the national forests.
It is critical that these restrictions are followed to avoid harm to lives and property.
Fire crews are working to control a new wildfire in northwestern Minnesota while crews continue work on the Pagami Creek Fire in the northeast.
For information regarding the Pagami Creek Fire see: www.inciweb.org
In the interest of public safety, some areas on the Superior National Forest near the Pagami Creek Fire remain closed. A list and map are available on the Forest website: www.fs.usda.gov/superior
Additional information regarding fire danger, restrictions, and wildfire activity in Minnesota is available at www.mnics.org
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