Three wildfires erupted in Northern Minnesota over the past few days amid unseasonably high temperatures and extreme fire danger.

An update issued at 7:46 a.m. revealed that the Jenkins Creek Fire expanded to 6,000 acres, a significant increase from the 1,500 acres it had devoured as of Monday evening.

Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.

The Camp House Fire is nearly 12,000 acres; Jenkins Creek Fire is 6,800 acres; and Munger Shaw Fire is 1,400 acres. All are zero percent contained.

Luckily with this go around in the short term we have cooler, wetter weather coming. Places like California will undoubtedly continue to see worsening fire seasons but bad years in Minnesota could become more frequent, even if they are still overall rare compared to the west.

Two major wildfires continue to burn in northeastern Minnesota, prompting evacuations and drawing additional firefighting resources to the region. As of Wednesday morning, the Jensen Creek Fire in St.

Dozens of structures have been lost to wildfires in northern Minnesota, and cabin owners are wondering what they can do to protect their property.

Wildfires have exploded in size across parts of northeastern Minnesota north of Lake Superior, destroying at least 40 homes and buildings, as unseasonably high temperatures and low humidity will continue to drive dangerous fire weather on Tuesday.