Homes evacuated due to large grass fire off I-94 in Douglas County
BRANDON TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- Multiple homes Saturday afternoon were evacuated as the result of a large grass fire in a ditch along Interstate 94.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office says it received a report of a fire at mile marker 91 on I-94 around 1:20 p.m.
The fire quickly spread to tall grass and cattails south of the highway along County Road 7 Northwest and Pheasant Drive Northwest.
Two aircraft from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources were called in to assist fire crews on the ground.
It took multiple fire departments several hours to contain the fire, the DCSO says.
No buildings were damaged and no injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
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