Surrounded by a charred landscape, a small cabin sits unscathed

Nearly 150 structures have been counted as destroyed so far in the Camp House fire, which began Sunday and has grown to 15,000 acres, or more than 23 square miles. It’s on pace to become the most property-destructive Minnesota wildfire in modern times.

The fire didn’t grow overnight, in part owing to hours of intermittent rain, said Brian Jenkins, incident commander for the Eastern Area Complex Incident Team, which is coordinating the firefighting efforts.

Fire officials had hopes continued rainy weather and humidity would keep further evacuations at bay. The weather did prevent planes from flying Friday, said St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay. That hindered efforts to track the remote Jenkins Creek fire and drop water on its northwestern portion, which is about six miles from Hoyt Lakes.