MI Wildfire Burns 35 Acres Across Upper Peninsula

WHITEFISH TOWNSHIP, MI — Fire officials were working Wednesday morning to put out a wildfire burning across dozens of forests in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Officials said the 35-acre blaze in Chippewa County's Whitefish Township was first reported at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday.

Although the fire is burning in a sandy, "difficult to access" pine forest, crews have contained the fire and no homes or structures were threatened by the blaze, officials said.

Emergency crews were using bulldozers, large water units and all-terrain vehicles to access and fight the blaze, which officials are calling the Goose Marsh Fire due to its proximity to a nearby marsh.

Officials were still trying to determine what caused the fire.

Whitefish Township is located in the northeastern portion of the Upper Peninsula, roughly 60 miles by car from Sault Ste. Marie and 55 miles north of the Mackinac Bridge.