Elevated fire danger continues to be a concern across Wisconsin. The DNR is asking the public to refrain from outdoor burning as it responded to more than 35 wildfires in just one day.
And it continued to see incidents throughout the weekend, including a major fire in Shawano County on Sunday.
“Hot, dry and windy – that’s always a recipe for disaster,” said DNR Forester Ranger Garrett Lubbers.
And as the DNR is seeing this weekend, those conditions, are cooking up an array of wildfires, statewide.
Saturday, across the state, 37 different fires burned hundreds of acres of land. According to Lubber, “There was one up in the Northwest part of the state that was at least over a hundred acres that we know of. Around here there were a few fires. They were relatively small but just with the conditions, they start readily and they move really fast.”