More than 35,000 acres had burned by Tuesday on the west side of the Tanana River, fire officials said.
Updated: 15 minutes agoThe McDonald Fire grows due to increasing winds from a thunder cell south of the fire on Monday. The fire is burning black spruce and is most active on the north side.
The 35,000-acre McDonald Fire started from a lightning strike on June 8 and spread rapidly through black spruce trees west of the Tanana River, said Beth Ipsen, a spokeswoman for the Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska Fire Service. The fire posed a threat to 21 cabins along 5 Mile Creek where crews have worked to clear vegetation to protect the cabins, but none of the buildings are primary residences, Ipsen said.reflecting dry, windy and hot conditions for northern Interior Alaska from Tuesday to Wednesday.officials to escalate the evacuation status for two additional neighborhoods to “ready” on Tuesday, said Luke Butcher, emergency operations director for the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
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