Rain has halted a fire burning near the upper Kuskokwim River villages of Sleetmute and Red Devil. But fire officials warn that it will likely pick up again as skies get sunnier.
For now, after Monday’s rain, the Aghaluk Mountain Fire is only 1% active, according to a detection and mapping aircraft.
The fire on Tuesday burned about 10 miles southwest of Sleetmute and just over 12 miles from Red Devil. Lightning sparked the fire on May 6. It’s one of Reid cautioned that the Aghaluk Mountain Fire is still active, and fuels for the fire like black spruce are likely to dry up quickly as the rain subsides.
Eight smokejumpers and a 22-member hotshot crew headed to the region over the weekend to fight the fire.
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