Gunflint Trail Fire Worst in Years

05/12/2007

by Bob Kelleher,
Minnesota Public Radio
May 8, 2007


Grand Marais, Minn. — Gov. Tim Pawlenty expressed thanks Tuesday to everyone involved in fighting the fire on the Gunflint Trail.

After flying over the fire, Pawlenty told residents of the area the good thing about Minnesotans is they rally around each other every time there is a natural disaster.

He says Minnesotans have an unbroken tradition of helping each other in times of natural disasters, and that will happen again with this fire.

WorriedThe Ham Lake fire roared out of control over the weekend, forcing a major evacuation. No one was injured but dozens of structures were destroyed.

Officials ordered people to leave the area along the last seven miles of the Gunflint Trail -- from the Seagull guard station north to the end of the two-lane, 60-mile highway that leads into the forest from Grand Marais.

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