Largest northeastern Minnesota wildfire ‘related to a human cause’

The largest of the three wildfires burning in northeastern Minnesota was likely caused by people In an update Wednesday the U S Forest Amenity s Eastern Area Event Management Squad explained the initial assessment into the nearly -acre Jenkins Creek Fire which started May shows the fire is related to a human cause The update offered no other details but declared the analysis is ongoing The fire southeast of Hoyt Lakes was rated as contained The causes of the -acre Camp House Fire and -acre Munger Shaw Fire remain undetermined according to the Wildfire Occurrence Information System The Camp House blaze broke out May near Brimson and the Munger Shaw started May near Cotton Meanwhile several evacuation orders are being lifted In St Louis County evacuation zones in go status were improved to set status Tuesday the sheriff s office revealed on Facebook St Louis County Highway and County Road Forest Highway also reopened to traffic at a m Wednesday Property owners are urged to take extra caution in the area the sheriff s office commented in a Facebook post Tuesday night Be aware that the burned areas may still show smoke from various stumps and debris this is not of concern when inside the already burned area However if smoke or flames are unveiled outside the already burned area or anywhere it is clearly a hazard please call In Lake County the only evolving evacuation zone remaining is the Murphy Lake Road area Matt Pollmann the county s urgency management director reported in a Facebook video Tuesday night Containment is over so they are feeling confident with the Camp House Fire he explained Critical progress was made in containing the perimeter of the Camp House Fire to the Eastern Area Complex Happening Management Crew released Wednesday morning Cooler wetter weather has helped firefighters The blazes started during a period of critical wildfire weather Related Articles Former Cloquet police officer convicted of stealing K from woman with dementia St Louis County officers seeking tragedy aid for destructive wildfires Firefighters make progress on Northern Minnesota blazes Suicide rate in Minnesota for similar to St Paul Police Department tickets bulk distracted drivers by a long shot in state campaign