Elmore and Dowling roads have been reopened in the vicinity of the East Anchorage wildfire, police say. Drivers are being asked to make room for firefighting crews over the coming days.
No structures were immediately threatened by the blaze, he said. A number of homes and municipal buildings are nearby.
Twenty units from the Anchorage Fire Department were on scene Thursday afternoon, and resources from the Division of Forestry, including two engines, were also sent to the area. Smoke lingers in a forested area of East Anchorage as crews and a helicopter work to extinguish flames on Thursday. Downtown Anchorage is visible through the haze in the background. A helicopter drops water on a wildland fire north of Dowling Road in Anchorage on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Sam Harrel, acting statewide information officer for the Division of Forestry, said Thursday evening that the division had two helicopters dropping water on the blaze, as well as two retardant tankers and firefighters on the ground.“The effort’s pretty strong right now,” he said.In a Thursday evening, the forestry division said the fire had been “boxed in” by the retardant-dropping aircraft, which were released in order to be available to respond to other fires in the state.
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