Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Duluth, MN

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
918 AM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...LARGE WILDFIRE STILL CONTINUES ACROSS DOUGLAS AND BAYFIELD
COUNTIES...

AS OF 850 AM CDT...A WILDFIRE HAS BURNED 8700 ACRES ACROSS PORTIONS
OF EASTERN DOUGLAS AND WESTERN BAYFIELD COUNTIES ACCORDING TO THE
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES. THE WILDFIRE IS 90 PERCENT
CONTAINED AS OF 700 AM CDT. SOME EVACUEES HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO
RETURN TO THEIR HOMES IN BAYFIELD COUNTY ACCORDING TO THE BAYFIELD
COUNTY SHERIFF. EVACUEES IN DOUGLAS COUNTY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO
CHECK THEIR PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.

ACCORDING TO THE WISCONSIN DNR...EVACUEES ARE FROM LOON
LAKE...SAND LAKE...MURRAY LAKE...POTAWATOMI ESTATES..ROCK
LAKE...BEAUREGARD LAKE...CATHERINE LAKE...AND PORTIONS OF ELLISON
LAKE AND BARNES AS REPORTED FROM THE WISCONSIN DNR.

THIS IS THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN WISCONSIN SINCE THE COTTONVILLE
FIRE ON MAY 5TH 2005...WHICH BURNED 3410 ACRES ACCORDING TO THE
WISCONSIN DNR. THIS IS THE LARGEST WILDFIRE IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN
SINCE THE OAK LAKE FIRE ON APRIL 22ND 1980 WHEN 11418 ACRES WERE
BURNED.


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