Governor Tim Walz mobilizes the Minnesota National Guard after wildfires burn more than 800 acres in the Superior National Forest and remain uncontained.Sixteen active blazes have forced park rangers to evacuate visitors from the forest that typically draws roughly 150,000 summer visitors, and Walz declares a peacetime emergency to deploy resources and support firefighting.The
National Weather Service links the outbreaks to hot, dry conditions tied to
El Niño and warns that continued high temperatures will keep fire danger elevated and complicate containment efforts.