Elsewhere along the Parks Highway, firefighters were working to slow the Montana Creek Fire south of Talkeetna that had grown to 172 acres.
Updated: 23 seconds agoSmoke from a fire burning about 1 mile north of the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve is seen Sunday, June 30, 2024.
“There are water scoopers, an air tanker and helicopters working to keep the fire west of the railroad and away from populated areas,” fire officials said. Twenty-two smokejumpers were responding to the Riley Fire, according to BLM Alaska Fire Service, and the Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department and the McKinley Village Volunteer Fire Department were among the agencies involved in the initial response.
Flames and smoke from a fire burning about 1 mile north of the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve are seen Sunday, June 30, 2024. Federal, state and local municipalities responded to the fire with helicopters, scooper and retardant aircraft and hand crews, among other resources. Aerial assets were able to help cool the fire perimeter and slow its spread enough to enable fire crews “to construct direct handline and install hose lays where safe to do so,” fire officials said.
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