Two Wildfires In Upper Peninsula Have Burned 300 Acres So Far

(Marquette, MI) – The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Upper Peninsula fire departments are battling a pair of wildfires. The two have been spreading across heavily forested areas in the U.P. and have scorched 300 acres as of last night. Some homes have had to be evacuated from one of the fires.

The Ridge Fire and the Craig Lake Fire are in Marquette and Baraga counties.