The Sleeper Lake Forest Fire is estimated to be 67% contained and the chance of some more rain showers on Thursday would definitely be a help. Firefighters continue to battle the blaze with the help of marshmasters (they look like mini-tanks), three Blackhawk helicopters, and two CL-215 water bombing aircraft.
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Officials are saying that the Sleeper Lake Fire is contained by a fire line along about 50% of the fire’s perimeter. The total acres burnt are now up to 18,483.
The fire is the U.P.’s largest in about 30 years and in order for the fire to be completely extinguished it will be up to [...]

It is a bit odd, but some interesting stories that have hit the newswire the past couple of days that all take place in Northern Michigan and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
First and foremost is the wildfire that has apparently stalled out after consuming some 18,000 acres of forest. For the first time since the fire [...]

Forest Fire, originally uploaded by tamdotcom.

The Upper Peninsula forest fire has now claimed 16,000 acres which is only about 10% contained as of last night. This photo was taken from Mackinaw City and you can see the smoke from the forest fire highlighted in the sunset.

Michigan residents as far south as Petoskey could see and smell the smoke generated by the blaze.

The fire in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula that is believed to have been caused by lightning has now destroyed over 15,000 acres. Thankfully there have been no injuries as of yet due to the fire. Evacuations for some nearby residents is also a possibility.
This is the state’s largest forest fire since one in 1999 [...]