The fire came within 300 feet of the roadway, but there has been no damage to infrastructure or buildings.
Weather
Juneau’s weekend highs could challenge decades-old heat record
Temperatures could get up to the mid-70s on Friday and push into the 80s early next week.
With hot, dry weather expected, Alaska boosts firefighting resources
Alaska is already having a historic wildfire season.
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Heat waves affected the most people by far.
Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta wildfires, part of a new pattern, push Alaska to early season milestone
Alaska wildfires have already burned 1 million acres, crossing that threshold earlier in the summer than in any summer in recent decades.
Alaska never saw large tundra fires like the East Fork Fire until climate change provided more fuel
The East Fork Fire in Western Alaska is the state’s largest at the moment, and it’s burning in a region where, just a couple decades ago, large fires would not have been expected at all.