Reinforcements called in to fight McHugh fire

Staff Sgt. Steven Elliot, a crew chief with B Co., 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, looks onto the McHugh Creek fire during operations in support of wildfire suppression efforts near Anchorage on Wednesday. (Public domain photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel/U.S. Army National Guard)
The five-day-old McHugh fire continues to burn in Chugach State Park in southeast Anchorage, and fire officials are calling in additional crews to battle the blaze.
Size estimates for the fire