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Joe Bowen

Carlton County emergency management director Marlyn Halvorson, left, and a Barnum firefighter watch as firefighters prepare a "Marsh Master" - its tanks filled with water - for a trip into the marshy woods to fight a wildfire Wednesday. The 70-acre wildfire in Barnum Township was largely contained by Wednesday afternoon, but crews were still looking for hotspots.