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Helicopter Called in to Fight Badlands Blaze

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A helicopter has been called in to help fight a fire burning south of Medora.

The US Forest Service has also called in three additional engines and two crews to the Plumely Draw area about eight miles south of Medora.

No structures are threatened.

About eight miles of the Maah Daah Hey trail is closed from the Bully Pulpit Trailhead to the Plumely Trailhead.

A press release says crews are aggressively fighting the fire today as hotter temperatures, lower humidity and stronger winds are expected tomorrow.

The Forest Service estimated the fire has burned about 50 acres of heavy juniper in the bottom of ravines.

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