Alaska's Hess Creek Fire is burning 145,321 acres, according to officials. It's been burning since June 21
The Hess Creek Fire has been burning since June 21 in the middle of the state near Livengood, about 80 miles north of the city of Fairbanks.Livengood covers hundreds of square miles but has a population of only 13, according to census data."We're all socked in with smoke," said Sarah Wheeler, a spokeswoman for the firefighting effort on the ground."It's a smoky mess.
All told, there are 782,681 acres on fire in the United States, and more than 550,000 of them are in Alaska, according to the National Interagency Coordination Center situation report."Alaskans are used to living with fire," Wheeler said. The number of charred acres in wild Alaska has passed the 505,900 acres that burned in California during that state's record year in 2017. Despite their size, Alaska's fires don't infringe as much on human habitation.
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