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Isabella, Minn.

Photos: BWCA firefighting grows more complex

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On the fireline
Steve Malzacher of Rock Hill Fire Corporation scans the forest for hot spots after stamping one out Thursday afternoon north of Island River in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness while fighting the Pagami Creek Fire. Malzacher is from Duluth, Minn. There are now about 500 firefighters struggling to control the fire.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery

Efforts to control the unpredictable Pagami Creek Fire in northeastern Minnesota have entered a more aggressive phase, and special team from the northern Rocky Mountains has arrived in Ely to take over its management.

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Clouds
Clouds and plumes of smoke from the Pagami Creek fire rise over trees over Garden Lake just east of Ely, Minn. on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011.
MPR Photo/Steve Foss
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On the fireline
Steve Malzacher of Rock Hill Fire Corporation scans the forest for hot spots after stamping one out Thursday afternoon north of Island River in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness while fighting the Pagami Creek Fire. Malzacher is from Duluth, Minn. There are now about 500 firefighters struggling to control the fire.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery
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Scorched wilderness
A section of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness burned during the Pagami Creek Fire Thursday afternoon about 12 miles north of Isabella, Minn.
MPR Photo/Derek Montgomery