This evening, while cooking dinner, I looked outside and saw quite a bit of smoke and ash falling. I went outside and the smoke was so thick. I called Alaska State Troopers and told them where I lived. They said a fire had started not from our house and that we should pack up and evacuate. Mike and I threw the cats in the car and headed out. When we got to the corner by the fire station, we saw a fire fighter and asked him if we needed to leave. He said that we should be okay to stay. So, we turned around, went home, ate some dinner and then went out to take pictures of the fire.
North Star Volunteer Fire Department (around the corner from our house) is ready to go!
Planes flew over our house to drop "stuff" on the fire.
They were so close to the tree line that it was amazing!
A lone firefighter unpacks equipment near the blaze.
Crews on the scene work hard to contain the fire.
Just yesterday, over 100 hotshot crews from Oregon arrived to help with Interior fires.
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