The Card Street fire on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska has grown to 9,000 acres, [View all]

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but is moving into the Kenai wildlife refuge and away from subdivisions, which is good. The fire near Willow is still raging. Twenty-six homes and many more structures have been destroyed. A total of 56 fires are burning around the state.


http://www.adn.com/article/20150618/major-blazes-keep-burning-firefighters-battle-smaller-wildfires-across-alaska

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The Healy Lake fire, west of Delta Junction and Fort Greely in Alaska's Interior, was ignited by lightning on Tuesday and had grown to about 2,000 acres by Thursday morning, according to a situation report from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center. Air tankers spent most of Wednesday trying to protect cabins in the area with fire retardant. Thirty-eight people are working the fire and additional hot shot crews were expected to arrive Thursday, the report said.

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In Southcentral Alaska, two fires near Montana Creek had burned about 3.8 acres between them and were both under control by Wednesday, the report said. Crews planned to check for hotspots Thursday.

The Stetson Creek Fire, which was started by lightning Tuesday night along the Sterling Highway on the Kenai Peninsula, had consumed about 300 acres by Thursday, the report said. Crews worked Wednesday to protect structures in the Cooper Landing area. The Cooper Creek Campground was also evacuated, and will remain closed to the public.

Just across the Sterling Highway, the Juneau Lake Fire appeared to be heading north, pushed by winds out of the south. According to the report, the fire has consumed 150 acres. Three U.S. Forest Service cabins are threatened.

Gwin’s Lodge seasonal employee Cody Cates said there is “definitely concern” about the Cooper Landing fires.

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Air quality in Anchorage is really bad today. To California, hopefully we can get some hotshot crews back down to you soon.