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Northern Minnesota wildfire prompts evacuations near Burntside Lake

Officials ordered residents to evacuate Monday afternoon as crews work to extinguish a wildfire in northern Minnesota. The U.S. Forest Service says the fire is located in the Superior National Forest northwest of the North Arm of the Burntside Lake area, approximately eight miles northwest of Ely. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said agencies initially responded to the report of black smoke coming from the north side of Birch Bay on Burntside Lake around 2:56 p.m. Evacuations are in […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/06/02/northern-minnesota-wildfire-prompts-evacuations-near-burntside-lake/

Drink of Jesus May 21

Wildfire-hit residents in northern Minnesota can now return home to assess damage

Residents of Minnesota's North Shore can now return home to assess damage caused by wildfires, according to the Minnesota Incident Command System. The Stewart Trail Fire near Two Harbors is now fully contained after scorching hundreds of acres, but command system officials day crews are still working in the area. Mattie Taylor was celebrating her birthday when she received a special gift on Tuesday: an alert that she could come home. "We got to come in yesterday for about three hours, […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/05/21/wildfire-hit-residents-in-northern-minnesota-can-now-return-home-to-assess-damage/

Drink of Jesus May 18

Minnesota governor declares peacetime emergency, activates National Guard for wildfire response

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Sunday declared a peacetime emergency and mobilized the National Guard to help battle several major wildfires in the state. In Crow Wing County, the Flanders Fire has grown to an estimated 1,200 acres. As of Sunday morning, it is 0% contained. Another fire, several miles north of Two Harbors, has burned more than 350 acres and is 30% contained. "Unpredictable and fast-moving wildfires are putting Minnesota communities at risk," Walz said. "This emergency […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/05/18/minnesota-governor-declares-peacetime-emergency-activates-national-guard-for-wildfire-response/

Drink of Jesus May 17

Wildfires in northern Minnesota spreading to hundreds of acres

It’s a desperate fight— on the ground and in the air— against the spread of massive, destructive wildfires in northern Minnesota. The Flanders wildfire near Breezy Point is the largest— 1500 acres and growing, with zero containment. “You know, it’s an incredible amount of destruction we’ve seen in the last couple of days,” says Jason Metsa, owner of Pelican Lake Resort on Norway Point. “Things are primed for the forests up here to be a tinderbox right now.” Crow […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/05/17/wildfires-in-northern-minnesota-spreading-to-hundreds-of-acres/

Drink of Jesus May 16

Wildfire burns around 100 acres in northeastern Minnesota; evacuations advised

Crews are working to put out a wildfire in Lake County that has burned around 100 acres, the Minnesota Incident Command System said Friday night. The blaze, identified by the agency as the Stewart Trail Fire, was detected on Friday afternoon near Lake County Highway 3 and Highway 61, north of Two Harbors, Minnesota. Officials said in a Facebook post at 8:27 p.m. that the fire was 0% contained and that multiple local, state and federal agencies were responding to it. " Firefighters are […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/05/16/wildfire-burns-around-100-acres-in-northeastern-minnesota-evacuations-advised/

Drink of Jesus May 14

1 killed, 3 injured in boat crash on Lake Vermilion

One person was killed and three others were hurt in a boat crash on a northern Minnesota lake Tuesday evening, authorities said. The crash occurred near Manbeck Island on Lake Vermilion around 6:20 p.m., according to the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office. Multiple people were "thrown from boats and into the water," the sheriff's office said. One person died at the scene. Three others were taken to a nearby hospital, and one of them was subsequently flown to Duluth, Minnesota, for further […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/05/14/1-killed-3-injured-in-boat-crash-on-lake-vermilion/