ELY, MN (CBS-3) - Firefighters are trying to control a wildfire in the Boundary Waters, which has burned more than 1,600 acres as of Tuesday night. Th.
UPDATE: BWCAW fire reduced to 950 acres Photo: U.S. Forest Service - Superior National Forest/Facebook. Smoke is seen as a wildfire burns in the BWCAW on May 18, 2021. Josh Skluzacek Created: May 19, 2021 07:58 AM
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A fire burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness has been reduced to 950 acres.
The USDA Forest Service had earlier estimated it at 1,635 acres on Tuesday evening but later reduced its size, saying fire activity and smoke had made it difficult for managers to make an estimate on size. It had been estimated at 10 acres on Monday evening.
The Forest Service says lightning started the fire in the BWCAW s Trout Lake unit on Monday afternoon in an area away from any travel routes. It s burning west of Big Moose Lake, north of Cummings Lake, and about 16 miles north of Tower.