Minnesota crews working to rescue more than 100 people stranded on large ice chunk on lake

Minnesota authorities were in the process of rescuing more than 100 people from a large ice chunk that broke free in a lake.

The Beltrami County Sheriff's Office said thebroke free in the Upper Red lake, almost 300 miles north of Minneapolis. They received a call around 11:35 a.m. from a fisherman saying a large chunk of ice broke away from the main shoreline.

A large chunk of ice broke of fin Upper Red Lake in Minnesota, stranding more than 100 fishermen, authorities said. Authorities also urged anyone else on the ice to evacuate to JR's Corner Access, which offers ice house rentals and fish cleaning. The business posted an image on Facebook showing a small bridge being used to get people across the ice sheet. Authorities used airboats, ATVs, drones and other measures to aide the rescue. By 2:37 p.m. local time, all those on the ice, about 200 people, had been evacuated from the ice.

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