The fire broke out around 4:30 p.m. Monday. The fire burned primarily in cattails and marsh grass, the DNR said.

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fire crews and local agencies are on the scene of the roughly 720-acre Big Island Fire in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area in Green Lake County.

GREEN LAKE COUNTY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A 700-800-acre wildfire in Green Lake County is 100% contained, the DNR confirms. The Big Island Fire broke out in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area around 4:15 p.m. Monday.