Wildfire in the Upper Peninsula

[nthfinity]

A wildfire is burning out of control in a forest on the tip of the Keweenaw (Key-Win-Aw for out of towners) Peninsula. The blaze, now 50 acres in size and growing, is located along Keystone Bay on the east side of the peninsula. According to DNR officials, the fire is in a swampy, rough, rocky area with cedar and conifer trees. Twenty firefighters are on the scene but they're having trouble containing it due to the terrain. They're worried about a wind shift on Friday night. Officials say the fire actually re-kindled from a fire a couple of weeks back. It's not certain what caused the original fire.

as of last night.... its up to 100 acres....

wild fires don't really happen in Michigan... let alone the UP

hope they contain it, it is one of the most beautiful areas in the whole of the Country

good luck to the firefighters up there trying to cope with it.

Imagine putting out a fire in rocky/ruged/mountain terrain, and in the middle of nowhere...

[666fast]

Hope you guys get some solid rain or are able to put it out. We had a big one not too long ago. A little over 6000 acres burned.
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/du...r/15047753.htm

If you read the article, it says it's in the same spot that straight line winds knocked down millions of trees (370,000 acres worth) and thats what fueled the fire.
A few companies volunteered to clear them out (with an obvious profit to themselves, but it wouldn't cost the state much at all. The idiotic numbnuts from Peta and such put a stop to it because the would have had to create a few logging trails. :roll:

[Garretts_turbo]

oh man...i've never heard of a wildfire in the U.P... crazy
lets hope the moosen arent hurt