Power Line Caused North Dakota Wildfire on Fort Berthold Reservation Last Year, Feds Find

Power line caused North Dakota wildfire on Fort Berthold Reservation last year, feds find

Federal officials have concluded that a wildfire last year that spread on the Fort Berthold Reservation was caused by a power line.

Downed power line caused reservation wildfire amid ‘historic’ 2024 blazes in North Dakota

MANDAREE, N.D. — A federal agency has announced what caused one of several “historic” fires last fall near Mandaree, while state officials say they can’t determine what caused a second blaze near Williston. An electrical line hit a cluster of overgrown trees on state land near Mandaree and spread to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Ashlee Sherrill, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, said …

Downed power line caused reservation wildfire amid 'historic' 2024 blazes in North Dakota

MANDAREE, N.D. — A federal agency has announced what caused one of several “historic” fires last fall near Mandaree, while state officials say they can't determine what caused a second blaze near Williston. An electrical line hit a cluster of overgrown trees on state land near Mandaree and spread to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, said Ashlee Sherrill, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, …