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Saturday, May 28, 2011

The Local Forest Fire

It is very dry in Interior Alaska and the danger of forest fires is always present.

There is a relatively small forest/brush fire about five miles from our housing area in Healy. This fire started last summer, spent the winter smoldering in the peat contained  in the permafrost and in small veins of coal in the area and has now broken out again.

The wind has kept the smoke going away from our housing area so we  do not usually smell the smoke. But we certainly see the smoke, not only from the housing area but 10 miles away at the Princess Lodge.

Smoke above the mountains. Picture was taken in front of the Princess Lodge about  15 miles from the  fire.

About 8am, while driving along the Parks Highway between Denali and  Healy, smoke from the  fire lays down close to ground

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