Matt De Spain, of Lake Zurich, helps extinguish a wildfire Monday at Little Grand Canyon in Murphysboro. De Spain and the Midewin Hotshot Fire Crew were heading to Missouri to assist in prescribed burns Sunday when they were called for help. Tyson Taylor, assistant engine captain for the Mississippi Bluff Ranger District and incident commander on the Little Grand Canyon fire, said the Midewin crew and area forest service personnel, worked until sundown Sunday to suppress the 18-acre blaze. The fire is being investigated and is suspected to have been man-made. Taylor said the fire was expected to be 100 percent contained by Monday night. “It’s on its dying breath,” he said. Steve Matzker-Provided Photo

Photo taken by Steve Matzker