Photos: Wildfire threatens Karlstad, Minn.

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Karlstad, MN, USA — Firefighters discuss plans to combat a wildfire encroaching on Karlstad, Minn. at the Karlstad Fire Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — A firefighter extinguishes a burning garage in Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The small northwestern Minnesota city of about 700 was partially evacuated after a fire reached its edges. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — A firefighter extinguishes a burning garage in Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The small northwestern Minnesota city of about 700 was partially evacuated after a fire reached its edges. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — A wildfire burns next to U.S. Highway 59 on the south edge of Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The small northwestern Minnesota city of about 700 was partially evacuated after a fire reached its edges. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — A wildfire burns next to U.S. Highway 59 on the south edge of Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — Firefighter Alicia Pasquerillo ignites a "backburn" or controlled fire on the east side of Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. Firefighters burned the area in a controlled manner to use up any fuel that the wildfire would have otherwise consumed. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — Firefighter Alicia Pasquerillo watches a controlled fire on the east side of Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The controlled burn was just a few hundred yards from a number of homes and a church. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — Firefighter Alicia Pasquerillo ignites a controlled fire on the east side of Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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Karlstad, MN, USA — Lisa Amb, wife of Karlstad, Minn. Mayor Nick Amb, prepares coffee for firefighters and volunteers at the Karlstad Fire Hall on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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KARLSTAD, Minn. — The homeowner of the Englund family estate on the Pembina Trail in Karlstad, Minn. surveys damage on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 after a wildfire destroyed his home, garage, and collection of classic cars. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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KARLSTAD, Minn. — The homeowner of the Englund family estate on the Pembina Trail in Karlstad, Minn. rests on his burned 1928 Ford Model A on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012 after a wildfire destroyed it. He said the car was in "perfect condition" two days prior. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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KARLSTAD, Minn. — A wildfire destroyed the Englund family estate on the Pembina Trail in Karlstad, Minn. on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012. The homeowner said Wednesday that it was built in 1905 and was kept in the family ever since. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo

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KARLSTAD, Minn. — Jim Haire walks away from his destroyed home in Karlstad, Minn. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2012. Haire's home, and three nearby unoccupied trailers, were consumed by a wildfire on Tuesday. (MPR Photo/Nathaniel Minor) link to this photo