{"id":68247,"date":"2026-05-16T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/evacuation-orders-in-place-highway-61-still-closed-due-to-wildfire-near-two-harbors-mpr-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T13:35:00","slug":"evacuation-orders-in-place-highway-61-still-closed-due-to-wildfire-near-two-harbors-mpr-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/evacuation-orders-in-place-highway-61-still-closed-due-to-wildfire-near-two-harbors-mpr-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Evacuation orders in place, Highway 61 still closed due to wildfire near Two Harbors &#8211; MPR News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPRDlqb2lSUzl2MVpPbHFDdk41cXpHV1lzeExISWllU3VmMlhNYnZua2FGd1B1ekYxWHd4V2hQSjRYOC1YNExtWVp1WHZHeGxQT0hVMHhFTW91Q01GZ0QtNGE1ZGJrQTRuSXZTNWxTdDBybkkzczlPLUdMRXJqanhzVGhiRFN2SGJjcERnUS1BZDd2bXdQNnVUMzlB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Evacuation orders in place, Highway 61 still closed due to wildfire near Two Harbors<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MPR News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxNbEg4YlY2a1ZGRmh4N3pjajExZlBTcm1ZZlEwdm0zOGNaMkZjeTFwUGNQbkFmMmxTU1ZaVldfeEUxRkkxR0IzQ1lsSWVvMGJWQ3RJVGJoM3BuQW9aZGpJd3VKa01hMXI5NGROaVpQaU9Fb01HM1JORGFuWFg4bU9HLWs5MTVHdTRKanB5U0NkOGgyT2FIckFvQmVuTDljSXZGVjk3bA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Crews battling large wildfires in Gilbert and Two Harbors<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Duluth News Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitwFBVV95cUxOTkYzUmp3d0o0ZVRHWkJyOWVFMDJGWWd5VmZGeGFrXzhVWmxEVWwxMVNJLWpzemFLRFhLWWdmdC04VFRwYm9lczlBNVVnSTRwLXlGdHBhTXA4MkhxMWsyZ3JFSzQ3SXV5NXZjTHlyUnFHVjI3aGR2emlremxidUpBbEFrTXptUU41cVczeUNQU1NUMGN6QjJ6WDdvUHZseVh4QTU4OVBoS1hXZ2Y1OHZtQ2ROelZObms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">North Shore wildfire grows; Hwy. 61 remains closed for several miles<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Star Tribune<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQN1dtaGI4em91RkVNXzZ2NDFXNmFZQW5rNnRvYkx2cjZmVUgyejAtY21qajRnbU5XT1Z2b0hTbUtXSGlLN0dNdEtCSmNiNmRTa0l2a3VPX2RmLV9RSWotZERtNGVpQkppNGo0LWpIS2F1eG9YV3NHNDJmcXZfQzhnMkl1dE1Fclk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Wildfires prompt evacuations, highway closures in northeast Minnesota<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">MPR News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">UPDATE: Stewart Trail fire grows to 375 acres, remains active with no containment<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Northern News Now<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evacuation orders in place, Highway 61 still closed due to wildfire near Two Harbors&nbsp;&nbsp;MPR News Crews battling large wildfires in Gilbert and Two Harbors&nbsp;&nbsp;Duluth News&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/16\/evacuation-orders-in-place-highway-61-still-closed-due-to-wildfire-near-two-harbors-mpr-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}