Firefighters making progress on North Dakota wildfires

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Firefighters are making progress on two large wildfires burning in western North Dakota. Authorities said Sunday that the Roosevelt Creek Fire in the Little Missouri National Grassland and a fire on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation together have burned nearly 19 square miles of remote terrain. No injuries have been reported. The Roosevelt Creek Fire on Sunday was 60% contained, up from 10% on Saturday. The blaze grew from 1,100 acres on Friday to 4,000 acres on Saturday, pushed by wind gusts of 35 mph. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the 8,000-acre fire burning about 10 miles south of Mandaree was 50% contained Sunday.