Fire crews report the Greenwood fire is almost half contained. The more than 26,000-acre blaze drew the attention of Governor Tim Walz and Senators Tina Smith and Amy Klobuchar Monday.
“I think being on the ground it’s always helpful for me to see it. And just to see what these folks have been going through like you said for a month,” Gov. Tim Walz (DFL) said.
The blaze near Isabella is one of the largest the state has suffered in recent years.
“This is an unusual year, and it’s not done,” said Walz.
The state officials said Monday, it was eye-opening to see the extent of the damage, and the work the firefighters have achieved thus far.
“I asked ‘well was this smoldering embers out here?’ They go no, this was full out firewall,” said U.S. Senator Klobuchar (D). “So you can imagine you couldn’t be standing here at all.”
“And yet today you just see the charred remains,” she said.