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Smokejumpers parachute into position to fight the Riley Fire near Denali National Park and Preserve’s entrance on Sunday, June 30, 2024.
“All of the public facilities in Denali’s front country are closed and will remain closed until further notice,” Ollig said.“By about 6 in the evening we estimated it was about 350 to 400 acres,” he said. “They were basically just doing runs, just going back and forth on this fire, dropping water, dropping retardant,” Ipsen said.
The Park Service’s Ollig said the agency has taken precautions, including relocating approximately 150 employees from entrance-area housing, and evacuating the nearby Riley Creek Campground. No one is currently being allowed into the park, and the only transportation service is a shuttle to pick up hikers already in the backcountry.
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