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...very active fire spring," Mortensen said. Ron Stoffel, DNR wild fire suppression supervisor with the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids, also is expecting more fire activity this spring."It all depends on what happens. If...
...Specialist Larry Himanga said in a news release. Doug Miedtke, fire management specialist with the DNR and Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids, advised people to burn with extreme caution before the restrictions are in effect because...
...out of the state serving in all capacities," said Jean Bergerson, public information officer for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. "What we're hearing from folks calling back, either Minnesotans or those with Minnesota...
...chance to do more cleanup and prescribed burning, said Jean Bergerson, public affairs officer for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. The cleanup has included the clearing and removal of brush and downed timber on state and...
...There's a lot of kindling and a fair amount of risk," said Jean Bergerson, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. State officials increased preparedness throughout the state to Level 3 on Thursday, up...
...In the meantime, the CL-215s can be filled at the tanker base, Goepzinger said. Carson Berglund of Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids said in addition to firefighting airplanes available across northern Minnesota there are five...
...half-inch in Lake City to 2.4 inches in Pequot Lakes, said Mary LaPlant, information officer for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. Fire danger, classified as very high over most of the state over the weekend, was downgraded...
...fires will ignite very easily and spread at a very fast rate," said Patti Hines, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. She estimated fire crews responded to more than 50 fires Sunday, with one of the largest...
...in the heart of the blowdown area. "It's dry up there," said Jean Bergerson, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. The center is the joint forest fire command for state, federal and local agencies. There...
...drier. And we're already at historically dry conditions," said Jean Bergerson, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center in Grand Rapids. After an unusually wet spring that lasted into June, a sudden and hard dry spell has left...