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Greenwood fire blazes through area that includes homes and cabins

The Greenwood Fire in northeastern Minnesota has nearly doubled in size in the last 24 hours, and burned through an area dotted with dozens of homes and cabins. The blaze has now burned more than 30 square miles of forest south and west of the town of Isabella. This is the evening MPR News update for Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Hosted by Hannah Yang. Theme music by Gary Meister.