BWCA

The Cook County Rescue Squad responded to the report of someone on fire in the BWCA. Once they arrived, they determined it was a false alarm caused by new technology.

It's a fierce battle out there in Northern Minnesota, where wildfires are turning the serene wilderness into a firefighting front. Let's hear how crews are tackling this challenge.

Authorities reported the victim was wearing a light jacket.

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Forest Service officials have temporarily banned campfires in the Superior National Forest, including the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and closed some lakes and access points because of four wildfires burning in the area.

Minnesota and the U.S. Forest Service are closer to solving a decades-old dispute over 83,000 acres of state-owned land locked up inside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

A prescribed burn that got out of control near Ely has now expanded to 1,000 acres.

A federal judge has ruled that a proposed snowmobile route in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area will not violate the Wilderness Act.

The Superior National Forest has imposed campfire restrictions in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area and closed some lakes east of Ely because of the fire danger.

Ground crews are battling another wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness northwest of Ely. The Cummings Lake fire covers an estimated 20 acres. The area is filled with black spruce in a lowland area about 12 miles northwest of Ely.