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Firefighter John Schreiber
The Pagami Creek wildfire in the Boundary Waters is slowly being roped into containment, thanks in no small part to days of wet, cool weather. Firefighter John Schreiber of the Slide Mountain Hand Crew moves brush to a chipper that lined a remote forest road north of Isabella, Minn. while creating a fire line Thursday afternoon during continuing efforts to contain the Pagami Creek Fire.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery
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Shane Bauer and family
American hiker Shane Bauer, center, with his mother, Cindy Hickey, left, a sister, far right, and fiancee Sarah Shourd after he arrived in Oman on September 21, 2011. Bauer and Josh Fattal were released from an Iranian prison earlier Wednesday after being detained for two years.
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Firefighter John Schreiber
The Pagami Creek wildfire in the Boundary Waters is slowly being roped into containment, thanks in no small part to days of wet, cool weather. Firefighter John Schreiber of the Slide Mountain Hand Crew moves brush to a chipper that lined a remote forest road north of Isabella, Minn. while creating a fire line Thursday afternoon during continuing efforts to contain the Pagami Creek Fire.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery
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Firefighters clear brush
Firefighters clear brush and small trees from a remote forest road north of Isabella, Minn. while creating a fire line Thursday afternoon during continuing efforts to contain the Pagami Creek Fire.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery