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Photos: BWCA firefighting grows more complex
Efforts to control the unpredictable Pagami Creek Fire in northeastern Minnesota have entered a more aggressive phase, and special team from the northern Rocky Mountains has arrived in Ely to take over its management.
'Hotshots' adapt to watery wilderness of BWCA wildfire
Elite western "hotshot" firefighters have a lot of expertise in arid and mountainous terrain, but the Pagami Creek Fire in the Boundary Waters presents challenges many of them have never faced.
BWCA Fire: The Latest
Fire continues to spread in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. We get an update from this morning's official briefing.