Officials say they’ve largely finished their work to protect three Yukon River villages from a massive tundra fire that burned to within 3.5 miles of St. Marys.
Officials say they’ve finished work on massive tundra fire near Yukon River that threatened St. Mary’s, officials said crews dug fire breaks and installed water lines to protect St. Mary’s, Mountain Village and Pitkas Point. They say all of more than 100 people who evacuated to Bethel have returned home, and most firefighters are headed home or to work on other fires.
“Alaska has received a lot of lightning in other areas as well so depending on wind direction there could be smoke impact in a lot of areas of Alaska,” he said. YKHC said in an email that air quality has improved compared to earlier in the week, although smoke remains a concern for individuals with certain health conditions.
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