North Dakota utilities could face legal risks during rampant wildfire season
At least two recent wildfires that have prompted evacuations of North Dakota towns have been linked to power lines.
Written By: Adam Willis
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The North Dakota National Guard helped to fight a wildfire that scorched the Badlands near Medora on Thursday, April 1, 2021. Josiah C. Cuellar / The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK — At the beginning of April, North Dakota experienced one of its most poignant wildfire scares in years: A drought-fueled grass fire burned more than 2,000 acres in the Badlands and reached within a mile of the Old West tourist town of Medora.