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 (NBC 26) — A wildfire in Green Lake County is now 100% contained. In what it's calling the Big Island Fire, the Wisconsin DNR says the fire burned 750 acres of land in the White River Marsh State Wildlife Area. The DNR says the fire broke out Monday afternoon and burned primarily cattails and marsh grass.