Gov. Doug Burgum said during a Monday press conference that more than 50,000 acres of farm and ranch land could be affected by the fires when the final totals come in. Keith Daniel farms near Ray. He doesn’t have livestock but worries about topsoil blowing away in fields where crop stubble burned away.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum held a press conference on Monday, Oct. 7, to address damage from this weekend's wildfires in western North Dakota and discuss the ongoing response, a release from the Governor's Office said.

A second person has died as a result of North Dakota wildfires and Williams County has declared a state of emergency as fires continue to burn Edgar Coppersmith, 47, of Tioga, was identified Tuesday as the second fire-related fatality.