BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — For the first time in about a week, there are no active wildfires reported in North Dakota.
That's welcome news to fire crews and other first responders who have spent more than a week battling at least eight pop-up blazes across the state.
Two firefighters were injure
d while fighting a wildfire reported April 12 near McClusky. That fire was out by Monday and burned about 3,500 acres.
According to Goodrich Volunteer Fire Department Chief Brian Galvin, two first responders were injured, and one rescue truck was destroyed.
"The movement and heat intensity of this fire was incredibly overwhelming for the crew, the equipment and the trucks," Galvin posted on Facebook. "The wind gusts and switching winds made the fire more dangerous. Two firefighters were injured and one Wildland rescue truck was destroyed. One firefighter has been life-flighted to Minneapolis."
No names have been released.
Another wildfire on April 12, east of Highway 1804 in Emmons County was out by Monday, according to fire officials. The North Dakota National Guard helped out in quelling the blaze, dropping 17 buckets of water on the fire — roughly, 10,000 gallons of water. That fire, according to reports, burned about 3,000 acres.
The Cedar River fire, which had burned in Adams County and into parts of South Dakota since Wednesday, April 9, was 100 percent contained by Monday. The blaze burned roughly 9,000 acres. Fire officials say eight outbuildings were destroyed in the blaze and no injuries were reported.
Other wildfires had been reported around North Dakota by various fire monitoring sites and services:
Benson County, near Fort Totten: A wildfire, discovered on April 12, burned 9 acres.
Benson County, south of Devils Lake: A wildfire discovered April 12 burned about 8 acres of land.
Benson County, southeast of Devils Lake: A wildfire discovered on April 11 burned 40 acres of land.
Two other small fires in Benson County near Fort Totten burned about an acre between them in size.
Sioux County, near Fort Yates: a fire discovered April 9, burned nearly 15 acres.
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