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The 28-square-mile Sleeper Lake fire in the eastern Upper Peninsula was 50 percent contained Sunday, but officials warned that an expected shift in winds threatened to give the blaze fresh life.
Some overly confident residents were making unauthorized efforts to return to their evacuated homes.
But reports of a fire being 50 percent contained mean only that half the fire’s perimeter is under control — not that the fire is half out, said Ada Takacs of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
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Items compiled from Tribune news services
