(WATFORD CITY) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum visited western North Dakota this morning, where he surveyed the wildfire damage and response to the fires.
“It’s a little too early to tell, but it’s possible that, Saturday, when it all comes in, it’s going to go down as one of the worst combined fire days in the history of North Dakota,” Burgum said. “It may not be the number one, in terms of number of fires, because even during my time in office, we had some things where we had lots and lots of little fires. But this could be the most number of acreage.”
The governor said 40 new fires were reported over the weekend, not including flare ups.
