No smoke or heat sources found in Jenkins Creek Fire area
DULUTH, Minn. & BRIMSOM, Minn. – The National Incident Management Organization (NIMO) team is reporting Wednesday (6/11) morning they were not able to detect smoke or heat sources in the Jenkins Creek Fire.
The NIMO team reports they are still patrolling the roads in the interior of the fire.
They are finding fire, “burning deep within the duff, peat, stumps, or downed heavy logs.”
Crews are chopping up brush and downed trees in the northwestern and southeastern areas of the fire.
They are also, “removing fuels on the contingency lines in order to limit any fire spread and ensure successful suppression efforts”.
They’ve made progress along the top edge of Cadotte Lake moving towards Town Line Road.
The fire is officially 94% contained.
