Update: Group of Girl Scouts Safe After Lighting Strike in BWCA
LAKE COUNTY, Minn. – All nine people in a Girl Scouts party have been reported as awake, alert, and able to move without assistance.
On Friday evening, severe weather went through the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area (BWCA) near Knife Lake where a group of girls from Chicago, Illinois were on a trip.
The lead guide called in a lightning strike, per protocol, and informed authorities of their exact location per the planned route and said “they believe that lightning struck the ground and they might have experienced ground current.”
Girl Scouts Lakes and Pines staff tell us they have been working with local authorities and the group was in constant contact with medical personnel the entire time.
We’re told all nine people in the party are safe.
The St. Louis County Rescue Squad tells us the group never went missing, nor were the parties “trapped” or “stranded.” They say all patients are awake, alert, and able to move without assistance.
