500-Acre Marquette County Wildfire Now 100% Contained

“These trees may look fine, but the fire burned deep and damaged their root systems.

These trees could fall at any time,” said Keith Murphy, DNR resource protection manager for the Upper Peninsula.

The Ridge Fire, approximately 500 acres, is located 10 miles northwest of Marquette, north of the Dead River Basin and west of County Road 510.

It was spotted by a DNR pilot Oct. 9. The cause remains under investigation.