Trails, camps closed on Isle Royale after wildfire expands

A wildfire that’s burned about 200 acres on Michigan’s remote Isle Royale has prompted the National Park Service to close some trails and campground areas on the wilderness island.

The park service said Sunday on the Isle Royale National Park’s Facebook page that the closures were necessary "to maintain public health and safety" after the fire on the Lake Superior island’s east end expanded over the weekend amid lingering drought conditions.

There were reports the fire was burning so intensely that it could be picked up by satellites and that planes were being used to ferry water over the fire in the hopes of dousing some of it.