The three major wildfires are among more than 1,000 fires so far this year, which is on track to exceed state averages.

Luckily with this go around in the short term we have cooler, wetter weather coming. Places like California will undoubtedly continue to see worsening fire seasons but bad years in Minnesota could become more frequent, even if they are still overall rare compared to the west.

DNR Forestry Director Patty Thielen called current weather and fire conditions "unprecedented," saying the number of fires so far in 2025 is 3 times the average.

The Camp House Fire is nearly 12,000 acres; Jenkins Creek Fire is 6,800 acres; and Munger Shaw Fire is 1,400 acres. All are zero percent contained.

The Camp House Fire has destroyed 144 structures, according to an update around 11 p.m. from St. Louis County Sheriff Gordon Ramsay. The Jenkins Creek Fire had left a "couple structures destroyed and damaged," per Ramsay, though "the fire is too active in the area to check and get more details on those buildings that were lost."

A fire in Arizona has set over 3,500 acres ablaze and is continuing to grow as officials work to control the flames, according to officials. The Greer Fire started Tuesday at 11 a.m. local time in Greer, Arizona, which is around 223 miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, according to a press release published by 311 Info.

A discarded cigarette and an unattended camp fire might have sparked two of the wildfires that have burned thousands of acres in northern Minnesota this week.