Even as June's series of hot, sunny days in Anchorage made for ideal hiking, four-wheeling and camping, the abnormally warm weather ramped up already high concerns about wildfire danger as Alaskans and visitors head out to recreate in tinder-dry woods.
in early July of 2019 — the first time a temperature that high had ever been recorded.
Several lightning-sparked Interior fires have prompted evacuation notices as flames creep closer to cabins.zone near the more than 20,000-acre Minto Lakes Fire northwest of Fairbanks were recreational cabins only accessible by boat, said Lanien Livingston, a spokeswoman with the Fairbanks North Star Borough. That included 42 structures in the Chatanika River Corridor, west of Shovel Creek and in the Murphy Dome Launch area.
Near Anderson, the Clear Fire had burned more than 25,000 acres and prompted evacuation notices for a number of subdivisions outside of that city. There are 65 structures in the recommended evacuation zone, said Denali Borough Mayor Clay Walker. Many of the buildings are not primary residences, he said, but about 55 people stay there in the summer.
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