Overview
- Parker John Wilson, 27, admitted to the misdemeanor offense of failure to extinguish a fire in connection with the Camp House blaze.
- Court records show he amended a not-guilty plea from September to guilty on Nov. 5.
- The wildfire began May 11 in Ault Township near Brimson, starting on private land before spreading into the Superior National Forest.
- More than 12,000 acres burned and over 150 structures were destroyed, prompting evacuations and area closures.
- Gov. Tim Walz declared a peacetime emergency nine days after ignition to mobilize state resources for containment and recovery.