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Photos: The Pagami Creek fire in NE Minn.

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Pagami Creek fire
Canoeists paddle through the narrows between Lake Four and Lake Three, looking south at the fire and the smoke on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. "It really grew during the course of the day," said Greg Seitz, communications director for the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness.
Photo courtesy Greg Seitz
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Smoke and clouds
Clouds and smoke from the Pagami Creek fire move over Grand Marais, Minn. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Photo courtesy Bryan Hansel, www.bryanhansel.com
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Pagami Creek fire
Canoeists paddle through the narrows between Lake Four and Lake Three, looking south at the fire and the smoke on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011. "It really grew during the course of the day," said Greg Seitz, communications director for the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness.
Photo courtesy Greg Seitz
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Pagami Creek fire
The Pagami Creek fire in northeastern Minnesota, as seen from Moose Lake northwest of Ely, Minn. on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
Photo courtesy Jim Blauch, Moose Track Adventures