Northern Michigan wildfire burns 15 square miles

WKAR Public Media

Published May 20, 2010 at 5:11 PM EDT

By AP

SOUTH BRANCH TOWNSHIP, MI –

Two wildfires have burned at least 15 square miles in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula. The larger fire has burned almost 9,000 acres in Crawford County about 60 miles east of Traverse City and has destroyed at least 12 homes. No injuries have been reported.

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