Apr 5, 2021
Firefighters were reporting 85% containment and an estimated 2,276 acres burned as of Sunday morning in the grass fire near Medora that began on Thursday, according to the North Dakota Forest Service.
Meanwhile, a wind shift caused the loss of a brush truck in a separate fire near Williston Saturday.
The Forest Service reported another fire on USDA Forest Service national grasslands on Saturday that burned into the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. This fire was estimated at 30% contained Sunday morning, burning roughly 1,000 acres.
The North Unit visitor center was reported at risk Sunday. The North Unit of the park is closed, as is the CCC Campground across the Little Missouri River to the south of the park.
By Doug Barrett
Pic: NDHP
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is warning the state is headed to a “tough fire season.”
Much of the state is in a drought. The National Drought Mitigation Center suggests 47% of the state is in extreme drought and 38% in severe drought status. The fire out by Medora is said to be about 85% contained.
Firefighters are making progress in controlling a large grass fire near Medora, North Dakota as more wildfires have started in other areas in the western part of the state facing high fire danger.
According to the North Dakota Forest Service – as of Sunday – the Medora blaze was 85% contained. It had burned an estimated 2,276 acres of grassland since it started Thursday.