Medfra fire spreads rapidly, encompassing over 8,000 acres

Dozens of firefighters are battling a wildfire northeast of McGrath that has grown rapidly over the past few days.
A photo of the Medfra Fire taken on Monday. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Division of Forestry)Tim Mowry is a public information officer for the Division of Forestry.
“There’s three fires actually,” Mowry said. “There’s two fires that are substantial and then there was another hot spot that was picked up and those have all merged into one fire now: The Medf