A crew from Klamath Falls, Oregon, heads into the wilderness near Island Lake, Minn. to fight the the Pagami Creek fire Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011. A forest fire that smoldered for nearly a month on the Minnesota-Canada border before exploding this week to cover nearly 160 square miles is laying bare old disagreements over the best way to manage wildfire. The Pagami Creek fire started small on Aug. 18 with a lightning strike in the remote Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. (AP Photo/The Duluth News-Tribune, Bob King)
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