MANTON â DNR personnel are wrapping up their investigation into the cause of last week s Colfax Fire.
The conflagration, which began Tuesday afternoon, burned 378 acres before being brought under control through the combined efforts of multiple departments, including the DNR, Forest Service and several local fire departments.
The fire area is located east of 31 Road, west of 33 Road, north of 12 Road and primarily south of 8 Road, near the Baxter Bridge in northern Wexford County.
Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Kerry Wieber said as of Wednesday the fire remained fully contained and presented little risk of reigniting thanks in part to recent rainfall.
MANTON â The wildfire that broke out northwest of Manton on Tuesday was fully contained as of Friday afternoon, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources announced.
The Colfax Fire, as it was named, was reported Tuesday afternoon shortly after 4:30 p.m. It burned approximately 378 acres of private and state forest land. The cause is under investigation.
The DNR initially reported that the fire broke out in a scotch pine plantation and continued to burn into aspen, red pine and spruce on state forest land.
Though the fire was handled by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (and local fire teams), the Cadillac News spoke to a representative of the Huron-Manistee National Forest about wildfires generally.
MANTON — A more detailed picture is beginning to emerge of the scope and damage caused by a large wildfire that began Tuesday in northern Wexford County, near the Baxter