Minnesota, wildfire
Digest more
Hosted on MSN2d
Nearly every Minnesota county under red flag warning for extreme fire risk conditionsROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has placed 80 Minnesota counties—nearly the entire state—under a Red Flag Warning, urging extreme caution with fire and flammable materials. At the same time, there’s also an ...
After 77 of 87 Minnesota counties were in a red flag warning on Sunday, 80 of 87 counties are under a red flag warning on Monday. A red flag warning means fire weather conditions are in place, and any fire that stars could spread rapidly and erupt into an out-of-control blaze.
Three major wildfires raging out of control in the same Minnesota county have burned more than 20,000 acres combined.
An air quality alert will be in effect from noon to 9 p.m. on Monday for much of the state, and dozens of counties are under a red flag warning.