Wildfires have erupted in Minnesota and in southern Canada over recent days, including a handful of major blazes on both sides of the international border. Updated May 14, 2025 5 min ...

Over the past three months, more than 5,000 wildfires have burned across Canada, scorching more than 27 million acres. Some Minnesotans have been on the front line of fighting the flames.

Across Canada, however, there are more than 2,100 American firefighters, with most being dispatched at the federal level from the U.S. Forest Service and National Interagency Fire Center in Boise.

Canada’s fire season erupts, sending harmful smoke into United States. Air quality alerts are in effect in Minnesota and Wisconsin — an unwelcome reminder of last summer, when Canadian ...

Heavy wildfire smoke from Canada is moving into the upper Midwest over the next couple of days. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an air quality alert for all of Minnesota from Friday ...

Heavy smoke expected in Minnesota as dangerous Canadian wildfires force 17K to evacuate ... Wildfires in Canada have burned nearly 1.5 million acres and forced the evacuation of 17,000 people.

Over 100 Canadian wildfires are impacting air quality in several U.S. states. Minneapolis and St. Cloud, Minnesota, are experiencing "very unhealthy" air quality levels. Smoke from the fires is ...

FLIN FLON, Manitoba — More than 25,000 residents in three provinces have been evacuated as dozens of wildfires remained active Sunday and diminished air quality in parts of Canada and the U.S ...

Here’s the outlook for Minnesota’s air quality this summer 02:09. A round of smoke will roll through Minnesota on Friday after several wildfires developed in Canada.

The image was captured by a NASA satellite camera located a million miles from the Earth's surface, around four times farther than the orbit of the moon.

In Minnesota, a typical year brings an average of 1,200 wildfires that burn through 12,600 acres, according to state data. Since the beginning of this year, more than 1,000 wildfires have already ...

The largest fires in Minnesota are the Camp House at 11,778 acres, Jenkins Creek at 20,593 acres and Munger Shaw at 1,300 acres, all burning in St Louis County, about 25 to 45 miles north of Duluth.