Several fires plague Mat-Su over Memorial Day weekend

Three new fires in the Matanuska Susitna Borough were sparked over the long weekend. On Monday, fire crews were called out to two fires in the Palmer area.
Despite the area being under a burn suspension, both of the fires were human-caused on private land, when residents chose to burn debris piles. Forestry crews from Palmer responded to those fires, which were declared contained.
Photo by Robbie Shade (Flickr: 4am fire alarm)Crews responding to the third fire found that it was caused by a smold