DNR: Over 1,400 Acres Burned In Upper Peninsula Wildfires

(Marquette, MI) – Over 14-hundred acres in the Upper Peninsula have been burned in three wildfires. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says the Ridge Fire is 50-percent contained, the Black River Fire is 70-percent contained, and the Craig Lake Fire has 90-percent containment. The Craig Lake Fire and Black Ridge Fire were both caused by lightning strikes.

The DNR says the cause of the Ridge Fire is still under investigation.