Nightly News   |  May 28, 2012

Wildfires scorch six states

One of the blazes, in upper Michigan, was started by a lightning strike, authorities say. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie reports.

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>>> elsewhere, the heat is coming from fierce wildfires. firefighters are battling the flames in six states, including a fire in upper michigan that authorities say was started by a lightning strike. the fire has burned about 17,000 acres along the lake superior coast.

>>> in new mexico, a huge fire has consumed miles of forests, wru brush, and grassland. more than 500 firefighters are battling that one which is still totally out of control.