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Mamre Prescribed Fire Declared Wildfire 2024

  • Incident Information:

    Attachment Size
    Mamre Prescribed Fire Declared Wildfire Review.pdf (5.83 MB) 5.83 MB

  • Location:

    Minnesota

  • Date:

    04/06/2024

  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration

  • Description:

    Litchfield Wetland Management District in Minnesota implemented a pile prescribed fire on the Mamre Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) on March 27, 2024. This operation was to ignite 11 individual tree piles that were a byproduct of a tree removal project on the WPA completed in the fall of 2022. On April 6, 2024, the fire escaped under red flag conditions and burned a portion of the WPA and then burning onto private land.

    Escaped Prescribed Fire, Prescribed Fire

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