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Tim Walz: “About 65,000 acres in these fires have burned.”

Featuring: Tim Walz, Democratic | Governor of Minnesota

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LIVE | Minnesota wildfire briefing with Gov. Tim Walz

Published | Video Starts at 01:43

… levels of this fight, those firefighters who are out there, no loss of life, no significant injury, and protection of the vast majority of our infrastructure. With that being said, About 65,000 acres in these fires have burned. On the US side of this, we've had about 875 direct firefighters personnel involved in this fight over that time. You'll hear the update of where we're at on this. (01:43–01:48)

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