The Bear Den fire near Mandaree is 100% contained, the North Dakota Department of Emergency Services announced Monday, Oct. 21, 16 days after it started. The blaze was one of 40 fires reported the ...

UPDATE (10/10/2024 at 4:30 p.m.): Park officials say the fire has been mostly contained.They say it started because of a coal seam on the Forest Service’s land. Fifty-six acres were burned in total.

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is expected to drift into North Dakota again in coming days, potentially degrading air quality.

North Dakota could be affected by smoke from Canadian wildfires in the coming days, the state Department of Environmental ...

A fire near Watford City, North Dakota, burns Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, near a home, with the color of the flames reflecting off of smoke plumes in the night.

Wildfire smoke from Canada has made for bad air quality over parts of the Upper Midwest. Most of Minnesota had “unhealthy” ...

So far this year there have been 1,100 wildfires in North Dakota burning 136,771 acres, according to the state Forest Service. As a comparison, in 2021, ...

Hunters are the eyes and ears in North Dakota's rural areas in the fall, and as dry conditions and extreme fire danger continue, hunters and other outdoor recreationists are asked to remain vigilant.

WATFORD CITY, N.D. — Tim Transtrom’s family has lived on ranchland just south of Watford City since 1906. Covering their land is dry prairie grass that can easily fuel wildfires if conditions ...

It was one of two fires that burned nearly 90,000 acres and nearly engulfed the two small cities in northwest North Dakota. ADVERTISEMENT The tree that hit a power line on Oct. 6, 2024, and ...

The North Dakota State Fire Marshal reports a total of 2,924 fires in the state last year, resulting in approximately $26.9 million in property losses.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (10/7/2024 at 2 p.m.): ND Response says the Elkhorn Fire has grown to an approximate size of 28,434 acres and it is still 20% contained. The approximate size of the ...