Fire danger

With the increase in temperatures comes an increase in fire risk this weekend.

There have been several small brush fires in the Northwoods this week.As we head into the holiday weekend, the U.S. Forest Service is asking people to keep fire safety in mind.

The Wisconsin DNR website shows fire danger is high in Vilas, Oneida, Forest, Langlade and Lincoln Counties among others

Governor Tony Evers declared a state of emergency in Wisconsin due to the extreme fire dangers across most of the state.Northern Wisconsin is mostly at the low or moderate fire danger level because of snow still on the ground.

Although a majority of central Wisconsin has seen quite a bit of rainfall over the past week, much of the area is still seeing a high fire risk due to the dry climate

Fire has damaged or destroyed buildings in a historic downtown block in Michigan’s far northern Upper Peninsula. The fire began around 11 p.m. Friday in…

Wisconsin DNR officials are issuing very high fire-danger warnings for the next two days.According to the DNR, in the past week there have been 50…

The Wisconsin DNR is asking people to avoid burning this weekend.Right now, the entire state is at 'Very High' risk for wildfires starting.An early snow…