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Alaska Faces Record Wildfires Spur Evacuations
Alaska endures its worst fires in eight years as 68 blazes scorch about 830000 acres. Fires threaten Shungnak and other villages while pipeline camps and a mining area stay at risk. Weather fanned flames with 90 degree interior highs and widespread smoke reducing visibility.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Nome
Shungnak
Fairbanks
Here
Kenai
Siberia
National Weather Service
BLM
Richard LeDosquet