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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
210 PM CDT WED MAY 15 2013

...PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AS OF 145 PM CDT...A WILDFIRE HAD BURNED MORE THAN 9000 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 145 PM CDT.

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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