Monroe-Jackson County Wildfire Extinguished Over the Weekend

Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 -- 10:00 AM

(Ted Ehlen, WRN) The 3000-acre wildfire in Monroe and Jackson counties is extinguished over the weekend.

DNR officials made the announcement Saturday.  The fire had been burning since Wednesday when it started on the north border of the Fort McCoy military base. The state agency says all but 109 acres of the burned property was on the base.

The Army is investigating after Fort McCoy reported the Army National Guard was conducting controlled burn training exercises on the day the wildfire started.

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