Wildfire Season Coming to a Close

The Associated Press
The Alaska wildfire season is just about over.There are still 34 fires burning around the state considered “active,” but none of them are being fought. Officials told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner that firefighters have been pulled off the last two fires that were being staffed – the Peavey Creek and Pat Creek fires northeast of Fairbanks. But crews remain on alert with hunting season in full swing and plenty of camp fires around Alaska.

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