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Rain and cool weather help crews battle Camp House fire in northern Minnesota

Star Tribune · last updated

Authorities are allowing people limited access to properties.

Officials will hold a meeting, which will be livestreamed, about the Jenkins Creek and Camp House fires May 19 at 6 p.m. at the Mesabi East School District High School Auditorium.

The causes of both fires remain under investigation.

Crews had contained three fourths of the Munger Shaw fire as of Sunday afternoon. The blaze, which scorched 1,600 acres southeast of Cotton, Minn., broke out May 12.

Crews were monitoring the fire line throughout the weekend. The St. Louis County Sheriff lifted the evacuation and road closures for residents impacted by the Munger Shaw fire, permitting people to return to their properties.

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