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Myth #1: If you stay in the black you’re fine. Myth #2: If you’re in the city on cement with firefighters you’re safe. Myth #3: If you lose your escape route you can call 911.

The fire is actively burning in beetle-killed spruce, much of which is dead and blown down. This combined with the steep terrain had made access to the fire very difficult.

However, some Alaskans have already expressed confusion with the new look, broken bookmarks, missing information, and apparent unfriendliness of the new website.

Imagine 100 million SUVs falling down a slope and you’re in the ballpark. Seismologist Michael West said this slide “shook a decent amount of our planet.”

The volcano has erupted more than 40 times since record-keeping began in the late 1700s.