{"id":25314,"date":"2025-10-11T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T14:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/?p=25314"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:50:04","slug":"crosby-fire-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/crosby-fire-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosby Fire Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-Fire-10082025-1024x570.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25315 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-Fire-10082025-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-Fire-10082025-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-Fire-10082025-360x200.png 360w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-Fire-10082025.png 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Date: 10\/12\/2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Size: 300 acres<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Containment: 50%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cause: Lightning <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start Date: 10\/8\/2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Within George H Crosby Manitou State Park, Finland, Minnesota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crosby Fire Fact Sheet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 10\/12\/2025&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Size<\/strong>: 300 acres &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Containment<\/strong>: 50%<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cause<\/strong>: Lightning &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <strong>Start Date<\/strong>: 10\/8\/2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Current Situation<\/strong>: Firefighters continue making progress to establish a containment line around the fire. Yesterday, a hose lay was installed along the east side. With the hose lay set up, firefighters can pump water into the fire area, allowing them to complete the task of mopping up hotspots\u2014 stumps, downed logs, or any vegetation that continues to hold heat\u2014along the containment line. A helicopter were also used for water drops yesterday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Planned Actions<\/strong>: Today, firefighters will continue working on building the containment line. As smoldering hotspots are detected along the containment line, firefighters are engaging in mop-up efforts to extinguish the heat, which helps strengthen the containment line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> <strong>A reminder<\/strong> <strong>&#8211; Don\u2019t fly a drone anywhere near the wildfire.<\/strong> Firefighting aircraft remain available to the Crosby fire and will be used as necessary. If drones are detected, all use of firefighting aircraft will stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Closures<\/strong>: A portion of the Superior Hiking Trail within the George H. Crosby Manitou State Park remains temporarily closed due to the Crosby Fire. The trail is closed between Caribou Falls State Wayside Rest along Minnesota State Highway 61 to the Lake County Road 7 (Cramer Road) access points. The state park remains open. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Weather<\/strong>: Chances for rain increase today as the next front system moves through. The National Weather Service forecast for today is a 10 percent chance of showers after 5pm. It will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight showers, mainly after 9pm. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fire Information Sources<\/strong>: MNICS Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mnics.org | InciWeb: https:\/\/inciweb.wildfire.gov\/,\u00a0 MNICS Website: https:\/\/mnics.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-10_11_25-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"Topographic map of the Crosby Fire with the fire perimeter outlined in red and black line.\" class=\"wp-image-25327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-10_11_25-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-10_11_25-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-10_11_25-1536x1183.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Crosby-10_11_25-2048x1578.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"25331\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0864.jpg\" alt=\"Firefighter standing downhill looks up toward the Crosby fire.\" class=\"wp-image-25331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0864-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"770\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"25332\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0872-770x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Water scooping aircraft flies above the tree tops with blue sky in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-25332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0872-770x1024.jpg 770w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0872-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_0872.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crosby Fire Fact Sheet Date: 10\/12\/2025&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Size: 300 acres &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Containment: 50% Cause: Lightning &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":235,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-incidents"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/235"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25314"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25616,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25314\/revisions\/25616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}