Hot weather fueling wildfires in Minnesota

The hot weather continues to fuel the wildfires now burning in northern Minnesota. Those fires are leading to the closure of the boundary waters and evacuation orders being issued are so young. Kim is live in Babbitt, located about a half hour south of the B. W. C. A. So young. Are they getting those campers out? I know that was a concern last night. Yeah, they are. And that's the effort here. It's hot and windy. We're in Babbitt right outside the Babbitt Municipal Building. This has been set up as a temporary evacuation point. And the mayor of Babbitt was here earlier today and joined us on all day, saying it hasn't been too busy yet today, but they are ready to help people check in and get connected to resources. If they're looking for a place to stay, take a listen, take about 40 or 50 of them and probably even more. We've never been in this type of situation before where we've been over capacity or at capacity in the past, which was the Greenwood fire. I believe the we just had a handful. Most people stayed with family and friends. Um, but just know that if no one has anyone up here that, you know, we're able to take anyone in more than a dozen wildfires are burning thousands of acres in northern Minnesota, with several wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe area. This has prompted the U. S. Forest Service to issue a rare closure of the entire B. W. C. A. The first time it's been closed since 2021 authorities are working to contact everyone still in the wilderness, but it's a massive remote area, so it will take some time. Canceled permits are being refunded at this time. Public access to the Boundary Waters is closed until at least Friday, and Governor Tim Walz has declared a peacetime emergency and mobilize the Minnesota National Guard to assist in the firefight. Officials say most of the active fires were sparked by lightning after a storm hit the area last week. The cause of some of the wildfires are still under investigation, and authorities say no injuries have been reported and no structures are at imminent risk at this time and urge people to stay alert and check evacuation orders from the local sheriff's office and coming up at nine will bring you more from people who are impacted as we continue our travels north for now. Send it back to you. All right. Thank you so young.