Wildfire season getting an early start
The season’s first wildfires are getting attention. The Alaska Interagency Coordination reports a 25-acre blaze in the Palmer being worked by 13 firefighters, with smaller blazes in the MatSu, on the Kenai, and in the Fairbanks area, drawing responses or being monitored in recent days.
The early season wild fires are attributed to human causes. Division of Forestry spokesman Tim Mowry said burning of brush and trash are common in the spring, and often start wildfires.
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