Rain that fell in Interior Alaska Monday night has helped dampen and stem the spread of the McDonald Fire, which was sparked over the weekend less than 30 miles from Fairbanks.
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The fire — which reached roughly 28,800 acres in size by Tuesday, according to the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center — was discovered June 8 on the western side of the Tanana River, across from the Richardson Highway and just south of the community of Salcha. Evacuation notices were issued for cabins and homes south of Salcha along the highway, but the order to evacuate has yet to be given.
The blaze was sparked by lightning, according to wildfire officials, and has threatened a group of cabins on the western banks of the Tanana River as it burns through mostly black spruce forest on the Tanana Flats.Smokejumpers with the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service parachuted in to a sand bar at the confluence of the Salcha and Tanana rivers Monday, while water was being dropped onto the edge of the fire closest to a group of cabins along 5 Mile Creek, according to BLM.
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