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The BWCA fires

The BWCA fires

As fire rages across the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, what will it take to contain it? What will the devastation mean to the state's forests?

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Map: The Boundary Waters fire

This map shows the perimeter of the fire currently burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, as well as closed entry points.
by Nathaniel Minor

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40 firefighters battle Uptown blaze

Firefighters rescued three people from a burning home on the 3300 block of Bryant Ave. S. in Minneapolis at about 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday.
by Tim Nelson

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Aerial photos of the fire in BWCA

Aerial photos of the fire in BWCA

Fire raging in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness continues to spread. Authorities now estimate that the wildfire in northern Minnesota has engulfed about 100,000 acres -- about ten times its reported size just 24 hours ago.

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Photos: The Pagami Creek fire in NE Minn.

Photos: The Pagami Creek fire in NE Minn.

A forest fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness exploded in size in recent days as weather conditions have done little to slow its growth.

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Missing toddler found in Minn. cornfield

A police dog helped authorities find a missing toddler in a Benton County cornfield.

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Closures ordered as BWCA forest fire grows

A forest fire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area near Ely has grown to about 4,500 acres.

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Recollections of 9/11

Recollections of 9/11

Minnesotans recollect where they were when they first heard of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
by Molly Bloom

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Gov. Dayton on 9/11 and the decade since

On Sunday, it will be ten years to the day since the terrorist attacks of 9/11. All this week we've been looking at what's changed over the course of the difficult decade that followed. In 2001, Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton was a U.S. Senator. He was in Washington on the day of the attacks.

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