A South African man who died due to a North Dakota wildfire over the weekend was planning to return to his wife within weeks in time for the birth of their first child. Nicolaas van Eeden, 26, died Saturday due to smoke inhalation after he was driving home to Tioga when the smoke became too much,

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.

North Dakota National Guard soldiers and airmen worked with the Department of Emergency Services to build a handline and conducted a controlled burn to prevent the further spread of a wildfire near Mandaree,