GARY â The Miller 3 wildfire in the Miller Woods section of the Indiana Dunes National Park was declared controlled on Monday, and trails in the area are expected to reopen this week, a National Parks spokesman said.
Fire Information Officer Micah Bell said the Miller 3 wildfire, which started on Friday and covered about 425 acres, was considered to be controlled by 10 a.m. Monday. That means no open flames were visible.
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Bell said parks workers will continue to check the area in the next few days to make sure the fire doesn t restart. He said trails in the area, including the Paul Douglas Trail to Lake Michigan, likely will reopen this week.
âIâll see you in heaven.â
It was the last thing Al Braccolino, 90, of Crown Point, told one of his daughters as paramedics loaded him into an ambulance Nov. 16. COVID-19 forced him into the final fight of his life.
Ten days later, the chair Al usually occupied at the Thanksgiving table would sit empty. The husband to his wife of 70 years, father of three and grandfather of six died on the holiday.
Alâs daughter, Sandra Noe, was herself suffering from COVID-19, which she contracted while caring for her sick parents, when the virus forced Alâs hospitalization.
Noe, 66, is no stranger to helping elderly shut-ins weather isolation.