People in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness won't be able to have a campfire beginning Saturday due to "continued dry conditions" in northern Minnesota, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

The U.S. Forest Service is closing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in response to extreme heat and fire risk, according to a Monday update on recreation.gov. The closure goes into effect at 12:01 a.

The U.S. Forest Service says a lighting strike was the cause of a wildfire in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness that burned three acres over the weekend. The fire was reported last Thursday afternoon during a routine fire patrol on Long Lake in the BWCA north of Grand Marais.