Wildfires – Alaska
The largest documented wildfire burning through tundra in southwest Alaska was within miles of two Alaska Native villages of St. Mary’s and Pitkas Point, prompting officials Friday to urge residents to prepare for possible evacuation.
The fire is consuming dry grass, alder and willow bushes on the largely treeless tundra as gusts of up to 30 mph (48.28 kph) are pushing the fire in the general direction of St. Mary’s and Pitkas Point, Yup’ik subsistence communities with a combined population of about 700 people and about 10 miles (16 kilometers) apart.
The fire had not grown much since Thursday and was still estimated at 78 squares miles (202 square kilometers).
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