DULUTH – Crews were fighting a 30-acre wildfire Wednesday night along the North Shore.
The Minnesota Interagency Fire Center said firefighters detected smoke in a remote area near the Caribou River outside of George H. Crosby Manitou State Park, about 10 miles southwest of Tofte, Minn.
The fire is smoldering and moving through mixed hardwood trees and leaf litter, according to a news release.
Firefighters with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the Superior National Forest are responding along with multiple aircraft dropping water.
In May, two wildfires burned [more than 45 square miles](https://www.startribune.com/northeast-minnesota-wildfires-inching-toward-containment/601359419), destroying 150 structures in their wake in the Brimson area of northeastern Minnesota.