BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) \u2014 Authorities say one person has been burned in fires set by protesters as a longstanding encampment near the Dakota Access oil pipeline is shut down in North Dakota.\u00a0\u00a0 After the deadline passed, it was reported that 10 individuals were arrested.<\/p>\n
Cecily Fong, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Emergency Services, says the extent of the unidentified female’s injuries weren’t known. Fong said an ambulance was being sent to the encampment.<\/p>\n
About 150 protesters are marching arm-in-arm out of the Dakota Access pipeline protest camp while singing and playing drums.<\/p>\n
Many prayed\u00a0 as they walked along a highway and over a bridge atop the Cannonball River. On two occasions they had to clear the road to make room for ambulances.<\/p>\n
Many of them cried.<\/p>\n
They leave behind the smoldering remains of structures that were burned as part of a ceremony.<\/p>\n
The campers were headed down a highway near the camp, but it’s unclear where they’re going. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers set a deadline of 2 p.m. Wednesday for protesters to clear the area.<\/p>\n
Several of the marchers carried signs. One man carried an American flag hung upside down.<\/p>\n
Most of the 200 to 300 protesters who remained at the encampment walked out around 1 p.m. That was about an hour ahead of a deadline set by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the camp to close ahead of a spring flooding threat.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t known where the protesters were headed, but authorities had several buses ready to carry them to Bismarck for food, lodging and help getting home. Some protesters have vowed to camp elsewhere on private land.<\/p>\n
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A bus from the United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, along with four vans and a truck towing a trailer from the Standing Rock Episcopal Church, were waiting to transport the protesters. The state arranged for the bus to bring campers to a transition center in Bismarck.<\/p>\n
Raymond King Fisher, a protester from Seattle, was one of the leaders of the march. He called it a difficult and emotional day. He ended the parade by saying, “We go in peace but this fight is not over.”<\/p>\n
Authorities in North Dakota say they have been negotiating with the last people left at an encampment set up to protest the Dakota Access pipeline over how to carry out ceremonial arrests.<\/p>\n
Highway Patrol Lt. Tom Iverson says authorities didn’t plan to negotiate after 4 p.m. But he said authorities aren’t necessarily going to go in after that time to make arrests.<\/p>\n
Most of the protesters walked out of camp earlier Wednesday, but those remaining put barbed wire across a camp entrance.<\/p>\n
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