Alaska wildfire season kicks off
A spark from a snowmobile ignited dry grass south of a Bering Sea village, lighting up tundra and signaling that Alaska's wildfire season is in full swing.
The freak fire Sunday covered 35 acres south of Unalakleet before smokejumpers arrived. It grew to 196 acres before they contained it.
The fire near the Yupik village 148 miles southeast of Nome was one of 13 weekend conflagrations that prompted the Alaska Division of Forestry to warn people not to be casual with outdoor fires.
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