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By | St. Paul Pioneer PressMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday that the state will send 29 firefighters and fire trucks to Salem, Oregon to help combat the wildfires ravaging that state.The deployment comes in response to a request from Oregon officials for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The Minnesota team will leave Tuesday morning from Fergus Falls after a mission briefing and equipment inspection.“Wildfires continue to put our fellow Americans’ lives at risk while devastating homes, businesses, and communities,” Walz said in a statement. “The Minnesota fire service is known for stepping up in critical situations, putting their lives on the line to save others. I am proud of the way they’ve answered this call to serve. My thoughts are with the residents of Oregon, California, and Washington during this harrowing time.”For the past week, a series of , with some of the most damaging fires in Oregon. As of Monday, there were 34 active fires burning in the state and over 935,000 acres had been destroyed.Minnesota will send two task forces to Oregon, composed of firefighters and trucks from Brainerd, Fisher, Bemidji, Eden Prairie, Motley, Crosslake, and Spring Lake Park/Blaine/Mounds View fire departments. Oregon officials have requested aid from 10 fire task forces around the country.We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Sign up for Newsletters and AlertsFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | St. Paul Pioneer PressMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Monday that the state will send 29 firefighters and fire trucks to Salem, Oregon to help combat the wildfires ravaging that state.The deployment comes in response to a request from Oregon officials for assistance through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact. The Minnesota team will leave Tuesday morning from Fergus Falls after a mission briefing and equipment inspection.“Wildfires continue to put our fellow Americans’ lives at risk while devastating homes, businesses, and communities,” Walz said in a statement. “The...

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