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Dry weather fueling Ham Lake fire

Dry weather fueling Ham Lake fire

Warm and dry weather is helping the Ham Lake fire along the Gunflint Trail to grow. It has burned 47 square miles, and officials have expanded the evacuation area. Firefighters are hoping for better weather. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with reporter Tim Post, who's in Grand Marais.

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Fire on the Gunflint Trail

Fire on the Gunflint Trail

As fires blaze across the U.S. and in northeastern Minnesota, midmorning explores the conditions that challenge forest fire management.

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Evacuation ordered in Gunflint Lodge area

Evacuation ordered in Gunflint Lodge area

Firefighters are slogging through another day at the Ham Lake fire at the end of the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota. Officials evacuated the Gunflint Lodge neighborhood Thursday afternoon as smoke blanketed the area and the fire pushed forward.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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News of Gunflint Trail fire could burn resorters

News of Gunflint Trail fire could burn resorters

Resort owners and canoe outfitters in the area say they're afraid news coverage of the fire could cause people to cancel their summer vacations to canoe country.
by Tim Post

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Gunflint wildfire grows, prompts more evacuations

Gunflint wildfire grows, prompts more evacuations

The fire at the end of the Gunflint Trail continues to burn out of control. More homes and cabins were evacuated Wednesday, to allow firefighters to set a controlled burn. Officials are getting ready for a shift in the wind Thursday, which could push the fire to the east and south, and possibly toward resorts along the Gunflint.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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Losses mount on Gunflint Trail

Losses mount on Gunflint Trail

The Ham Lake fire is still burning, four days after it started, and with no end in sight. The fire didn't get a lot bigger on Tuesday, but in the afternoon, an intense area of flame and smoke kept people from visiting their homes and cabins in the burned area. The number of structures lost to the fire now stands about about 40.
by Stephanie Hemphill

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"Everything's gone"

"Everything's gone"

Dozens of anxious cabin owners are waiting for the Ham Lake fire to die down so they can head back to their property, and see how their homes in the woods have faired. One cabin owner is biding her time at a resort along the Gunflint Trail.
by Tim Post

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Fire update from the Gunflint Trail

Minnesota Public Radio's Stephanie Hemphill spent much of the day with fire crew members and joins us now from the Gunflint Trail.

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U of M researcher trapped by Gunflint fire

U of M researcher trapped by Gunflint fire

While the Ham Lake fire may have started just outside of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, there were three campers in the BWCA who got trapped by the wind and flames.

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