The DNR has responded to nearly 200 wildfires so far this year—ranging from a half-acre—to a fire that scorched twenty-four hundred acres last weekend near the city of Grayling.
Only two weather stations across Michigan are not showing elevated risks for wildfires...They are the tip of the thumb and in the far northwest of the U.P.
Dan Heckman is part of the DNR’s wildfire incident management team.
This is a unique situation for Michigan. We don’t typically see fire weather indices this high for this long across this much area.
The DNR says resources from as far as South Dakota and Wisconsin are being stationed across the state to respond to wildfires.
