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Crews from the DNR are currently battling a 425-acre fire -- a total perimeter of about 5.2 miles -- in Northern Michigan.

Fire has expanded outside the BWCAW as far as the Moose Loop Road.

Share Saab’s fourth aerial firefighting aircraft has touched down at Skavsta Airport, its home base, near Nyköping in Sweden “For the last few months, we have been busy procuring aircraft and extending the organisation with pilots and maintenance personnel to be able to deliver the desired capability, thus strengthening Sweden’s civil defence,” says Ellen Molin, Head of Saab’s Support and Services business area. Delivering up to 50,000 liters of water per hour The AT-802F is an aerial firefighter capable of delivering up to 50,000 liters of water per hour. The abili...

BOISE — From inside the National Interagency Fire Center at the Boise Airport, meteorologist Nick Nauslar evaluated a wildfire burning 1,100 miles away in southern New Mexico. Using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, he peered into the heart of the wildfire from satellites orbiting the earth 22,300 miles straight up. The arsenal of sensors let Nauslar track the size and movement of the fire, find hot spots and assess the weather and its impact. “It’s not showing heat in the last 24 hours, due in part to weather,â€�...

Fire has expanded outside the BWCAW as far as the Moose Loop Road.