After months of dry weather and barely any precipitation in Bismarck, many were concerned about the risk of wildfires.

BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - UPDATE (10/16/2024 at 12 p.m.): Mercer County has declared a Fire Emergency and Burn Ban effective immediately until rescinded until conditions improve. What’s included ...

Johannes Nicolaas Van Eeden, 26, of South Africa, died during a large fire near Ray in northwest North Dakota, the Williams County Sheriff's Office said Sunday. Detective Dan Ward declined to say ...

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor map, issued April 18, shows about half of North Dakota in some category of drought, though most of the south central region including Burleigh and Morton counties ...

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Much of the state is in some level of drought, including a swath of western North Dakota in severe or extreme drought, according to a recent map by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

The fires were among several in northwestern North Dakota in October that burned up to 118,000 square miles (477.6 square km). Two people died and six were injured in other North Dakota wildfires.

2024 could be North Dakota’s worst year for fire damage, especially for cattle ranchers The fires that destroyed roughly 120,000 acres pushed this year past the damage that blazes caused in 2021 ...

A power line that was hit by a tree on Oct. 6, 2024, northwest of Williston, North Dakota, caused one of the fires that burned tens of thousands of acres near Ray, North Dakota. The fire also ...