{"id":25836,"date":"2026-05-15T06:04:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/?p=25836"},"modified":"2026-05-15T06:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:04:48","slug":"red-flag-warning-issued-5-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/red-flag-warning-issued-5-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Flag Warning Issued 5.15.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Red Flag Warning issued for 54 counties<\/h1>\n<p>The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for 54 counties across northern, central, and parts of southwest Minnesota today, May 15, due to extreme fire risk conditions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25837\" src=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RFW-Map-05.15.2026-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"Infographic image of a Minnesota county boundary map with red flag warning area shaded pink and a red flag banner image with white and yellow text all set in front of a light blue background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RFW-Map-05.15.2026-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RFW-Map-05.15.2026-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/RFW-Map-05.15.2026-1.png 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Affected counties include Aitkin, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Big Stone, Carlton, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac Qui Parle, Lake, Lake Of The Woods, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Norman, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Polk, Pope, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Roseau, Sherburne, St. Louis, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wilkin, Wright, and Yellow Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>A Red Flag Warning means fires can spread quickly and grow out of control under the predicted weather conditions, including low relative humidity and high winds. Residents should not burn in counties where a Red Flag Warning is in effect and should also check any recent burning they did to ensure the fire is completely out. The DNR will not issue or activate open burning permits for large vegetative debris burning and discourages campfires during the Red Flag Warning. People should use caution when doing activities that can cause sparks or heat near vegetation by securing trailer chains, parking ATVs on gravel or pavement, and using chainsaws or other equipment outside of the Red Flag warning hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red Flag Warning issued for 54 counties The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag<\/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-25836","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\/25836","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=25836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25838,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25836\/revisions\/25838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}