{"id":25841,"date":"2026-05-15T21:13:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/?p=25841"},"modified":"2026-05-15T21:13:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T02:13:42","slug":"stewart-trail-fire-information-5-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/stewart-trail-fire-information-5-15-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Trail Fire Information – 5.15.2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steward Trail Fire Information Update for May 15, 2026<\/p>\n

InciWeb: https:\/\/inciweb.wildfire.gov\/incident-information\/mnmns-stewart-trail<\/a><\/p>\n

Size: estimated 100 ac | Containment: 0% | Location: 3 miles north of Two Harbors, MN<\/p>\n

Summary: The Stewart Trail Fire was detected during the afternoon hours on Friday, May 15, 2026, near Lake County Highway 3 and U.S. Highway 61 in Lake County Minnesota, 3 miles north of Two Harbors. The fire has grown to an estimated 100 acres and is 0% contained. Multiple local, state and federal agencies are responding to the Stewart Trail fire, along with numerous aircraft capable of providing water and fire retardant drops. Reminder – Don’t Fly Drones near the Stewart Fire – If you fly, we can’t!<\/p>\n

Firefighters are working to establish a containment line around the fire with handlines and using heavy equipment, such as dozers. Fire crews are expected to remain engaged with the fire overnight.<\/p>\n

A MNICS Type 3 Incident Management Team has been requested and will take over the management of the fire on Saturday, May 16. The team will continue to coordinate the continued response efforts.<\/p>\n

Closures<\/strong>: Due to the impacts from heavy smoke and firefighting resources, U.S. Highway 61 is closed at County Highway 2 in Two Harbors and at the West Castle Danger Road County Highway 106 in Castle Danger, Minnesota.<\/p>\n

Evacuations<\/strong>: Lake County has implemented the Ready, Set, Go notification plan. Current evacuation information can be refenced on the Lake County Fire Evacuation | Lake County Atlas Parcel Viewer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Weather<\/strong>: Red Flag Warning conditions are in effect for Lake County, Minnesota on Friday, May 15, 2026 until 9:00 p.m. Fire weather conditions are expected to remain near-critical tomorrow with low humidity but lower winds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Steward Trail Fire Information Update for May 15, 2026 InciWeb: https:\/\/inciweb.wildfire.gov\/incident-information\/mnmns-stewart-trail Size: estimated 100 ac |<\/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-25841","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\/25841","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=25841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25842,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25841\/revisions\/25842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnics.org\/wpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}