Firefighters in Alaska and California battle wildfires that have shut down trails and roads, and forced residents to evacuate. Firefighters were working on Friday (June 19) to contain several massive wildfires raging from Alaska to drought-hit California that have forced hundreds of people to evacuate from their homes and damaged dozens of structures.
In Alaska, about 900 firefighters were battling two major blazes in a state that has 56 active wildfires ranging from a few acres to 10,000 acres (4,000 hectares), officials said.
A fire in Sterling, about 140 miles (225 kms) south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula, has blackened more than 7,500 acres (3,000 hectares).
The second major fire, in Willow, about 40 miles (65 kms) north of Anchorage, has charred slightly more than 7,000 acres (2,800 hectares).
The fires have destroyed about 40 structures, forced nearly 1,000 people from their homes and restricted traffic on a major highway this week.
In drought-stricken California fires continue to plague the state.
One wildfire near Fresno is being called the Corrine fire and has burned approximately 1,000 acres (404 hectares) and is only 5 percent contained, according to California fire officials.
The Corrine fire has forced the evacuation of area residents and has burned three outbuildings.
Further south a larger fire, the so-called Lake Fire in a mountainous national forest outside Los Angeles had swelled to 11,000 acres (4,500 hectares) on Friday from 7,500 acres (3,000 hectares) the day before as it scorched old-growth timber on steep slopes and threatened some 150 structures, the San Bernardino County Fire Department said.
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