Firefighters slow Tok Cutoff fire by dropping retardant

The spread of a wildfire near the Tok Cutoff has been slowed. Firefighters are dropping retardant on the Cutoff Fire, which has spread to about 40 acres and is burning a a little too close to the highway, according to fire information officer Tim Mowry.
“It got withing a mile of the road, but we were able to knock the fire down with air retardant and we’ve got a couple crews down there and they’ll be mopping up the fire today,” Mowry said.
Air retardant tankers from the A