Power Line Caused North Dakota Wildfire on Fort Berthold Reservation Last Year, Feds Find
FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION, NORTH DAKOTA, JUL 9 – The Bear Den fire, caused by a downed power line during high winds, burned part of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation amid a 110,000-acre wildfire season in North Dakota.
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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, …
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