Campfire burns trees on Devils Elbow Road

Heard on: Pine County Fire and EMS

01:18

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Hi, two DNR fire respond

00:03

(number withheld) Devils Elbow Road in Sturgeon Lake for a campfire.

00:08

They're burning pine needles.

00:10

Got out of control.

00:11

They do have some trees that are on fire.

00:13

He says they're not ignited, but they are smoking.

00:17

No flames.

00:28

Pine Two DNR Fire respond (number withheld) Devils Elbow Road, Sturgeon Lake, for a male party who was burning pine needles.

00:36

It got out of control.

00:37

He did state that some trees started on fire.

00:40

There's no smoke.

00:41

There's only smoke.

00:42

There's no flames.

00:43

It's just hot embers.

00:45

It reignites when the wind blows.

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Time page is 740.

00:52

Four four nine to Pine Fire Main.

00:59

Who's like 449 to Pine on Fire Main?

01:03

Go ahead.

01:05

We're en route to Devil's Elbow.

01:08

Copy.

01:14

Pine County DNR en route to Devil's Elbow.

01:18

Copy.

2026-10-19 22:38 UTC

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Devils Elbow Rd, Sturgeon Lake, MN 55783

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews and DNR personnel responded to a reported campfire near Devils Elbow Road in Sturgeon Lake where burning pine needles got out of control, with some trees reportedly smoking or briefly on fire and hot embers reigniting in the wind.

Campfire burns trees on Devils Elbow Road

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