( CNN ) -- A wildfire in a northeast Minnesota woodland grew by nearly tenfold Tuesday , giving off a pall of smoke that stretched from the Canadian border to southern Wisconsin . Minnesota Gov . Mark Dayton called in National Guard helicopters to assist firefighters as the Pagami Creek fire , located in the remote Superior National Forest . It spread from about 11,000 acres on Monday to more than 100,000 by Tuesday afternoon , said Doug Anderson , a spokesman for the firefighting effort . The blaze started in mid-August after a lightning strike , but jumped about 16 miles eastward on Monday -- `` unprecedented for northern Minnesota , '' said Lisa Radosevich-Craig , another spokeswoman for the fire command . No injuries were reported and no buildings had been destroyed , but 36 homes in the nearby community of Isabella were evacuated as a precaution , she said . About 25 National Guard troops and four Black Hawk helicopters activated by Tuesday evening , the state Guard reported . Air National Guard members were also activated to assist the effort . The fire was centered about 80 miles north of Duluth and about 240 miles north of Minneapolis -- but the smoke stretched across the upper Great Lakes for hundreds of miles . Tyler Barnes , a spokesman for baseball 's Milwaukee Brewers , said that haze contributed to the team 's decision to close the retractable roof at its stadium for Tuesday night 's game against the Colorado Rockies . `` The forecast tonight was for lower temperatures that would have put us right around the line for closing the roof for fan comfort , '' Barnes told CNN . `` The haze and smoke made the decision that much easier . '' Milwaukee is about 500 miles from the blaze . Radosevich-Craig said the fire was spread by near-drought conditions in the region that had already prompted the Forest Service to close some parts of the reserve and restrict campfires in others . The last major fire in the area , about five years ago , scorched about 35,000 acres , she said . CNN 's Marlena Baldacci contributed to this report .
NEW : California 's Pagami ##te ##o grows to more than 100,000 acres . Midwest : A smoky haze stretches as far south as Minnesota . Minnesota 's governor has sent National Guard helicopters to assist firefighters . The haze 's spread is ` ` unprecedented '' for the area , a spokesman says .