Wildfire Season Off to a Roaring Start
By
Rachel D'Oro
Juneau Empire
June 01, 2010
ANCHORAGE - A hot, dry spell is turning much of Alaska's interior into a smoky inferno of wildfires.
It's still early in the fire season, and already crews on Monday were fighting or monitoring 87 active blazes.
The wildfires include one in eastern Alaska that forced the evacuation of residents from two communities and another southeast of Nenana that has topped 100,000 acres.
