উত্তর তীরে দাবানল এখন 50% রয়েছে, এবং হাইকিং ট্রেইল বন্ধ রয়েছে
Firefighters are reinforcing the containment line around the Crosby Fire at the George H. Crosby Manitou State Park on the North Shore on Sunday. Officials with the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center say the fire, discovered Wednesday, was caused by lightning. On Saturday, firefighters installed what they call a “hose lay” along the eastern side of the fire. The system allows firefighters to pump water into the fire area and soak so-called “hot spots,” or heavy vegetation, logs and fallen logs that still hold heat. Officials said Sunday the fire grew from about 260 acres to 300 acres in the past day, but is now 50 percent contained — up 5 percent from Saturday. About 32 Department of Natural Resources wildland firefighters are fighting the blaze each day, said Leanne Langeberg, a spokeswoman for the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center. The state park is open, but a section of the Superior Hiking Trail is temporarily closed between the Caribou Falls State Wayside Rest Area off Minnesota State Highway 61, Lake County Route 7 or Cramer Road, the access point. “It’s really out of an abundance of caution,” Langeberg said. Langeberg urged the public not to fly drones anywhere near the fire. She said firefighters are using “a great deal” of helicopters and small planes to fight the Crosby Fire, and pilots may not be able to see a drone in all the smoke, she said. Langeberg added it has been the second-busiest season for wildfires in Minnesota. According to the Minnesota DNR, the Crosby Fire was started by a lightning strike, most wildfires are human-caused. “Make sure that your campfires are completely cold out, to where you can put your hand over the ashes and not feel any heat source,” she said. Langeberg said light rain expected Sunday evening would not be enough to put the fire out, but would help firefighting efforts. “It’s all dependent on the weather,” she added. (TAGSTOtranslate) বংলদেশ (T) খব r
প্রকাশিত: 2025-10-13 01:56:00
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