LANSING, MI (AP)-- The cost of fighting a roughly 33-square-mile fire in Luce County is expected to rise to at least $3.5 million.
The Department of Natural Resources expects to exceed the $12.5 million budgeted for firefighting this fiscal year. Wednesday in Lansing, the State House approved a supplemental bill to help the DNR cover the cost of the Duck Lake Fire.
The DNR reported Wednesday that crews fully contained the fire, about three weeks after a lightning strike started it. The wildfire destroyed 136 structures, including homes, outbuildings and campers. It temporarily closed Tahquamenon Falls State Park. No injuries were reported.
