BWCA wildfire in northern Minnesota now 100% contained, officials say
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This 950-acre wildfire started Monday after a lightning strike in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. (U.S. Forest Service/Facebook)
(FOX 9) - The wildfire burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota, now known as the Bezhik fire, is now 100% contained, officials announced Sunday.
The lightning-caused forest fire started Monday northwest of Bezhik Lake and west of Big Moose Lake in the BWCA, growing to about 950 acres Thursday.
According to the U.S. Forest Service-Superior National Forest, firefighters and aircraft had been fighting the fire for days and were able to contain it Sunday.
ELY - A fire in the Boundary Waters Area Canoe Wilderness, which initially sent smoke plumes into the skies, calmed to a smoldering blaze drifting with the wind on an overcast Thursday.
âThe intensity of the fire has been knocked down,â Superior National Forest spokesperson Tim Engrav told the Mesabi Tribune in a phone interview. âItâs not growing.â
The blaze, named the Bezhik Fire, started on Monday. It burned beneath red and white pines across 10 acres in the La Croix District of the BWCAW, about 15 mile northwest of Ely. The fire spread to 950 acres and was at 10 percent containment on Thursday afternoon, Superior National Forest officials said.
SUPERIOR NATIONAL FOREST A lightning strike fire west of Big Moose Lake, in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, continued to burn as of Wednesday as Forest Service fire officials tried …
Wildfire begins pushing out of Boundary Waters, toward private property
The fire is estimated to be more than 900 acres in size.
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A wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is moving north, pushing toward private property in the area.
The Bezhik Fire, which officials believe started with a lightning strike Monday, is estimated to be 950 acres in size, according to the most recent update from the U.S. Forest Service - Superior National Forest. Officials say Wednesday s overcast, rainy conditions helped prevent the fire from growing larger.
It originally started in an area northwest of Bezhik Lake and west of Big Moose Lake, about 16 miles north of Tower, Minnesota, but has since moved further north.
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.