Here's the latest from KYUKNews on the fire threatening two lower Yukon River communities. Federal officials have now urged residents who are still in St. Mary's and Pitkas Point to pack essential belongings and plan how they'll get out, if needed.
June 11, 2022A National Guardsman prepares cots at the Bethel Armory for evacuees from St. Mary’s and Pitkas Point. About 80 residents chose to fly from St. Mary’s to Bethel on Thursday, June 9, and about 60 more followed on Friday.
More than 700 people live in St. Mary’s and Pitkas Point. A road connects the two communities. About 80 residents chose to fly from St. Mary’s to Bethel on Thursday, June 9, and about 60 more followed on Friday. BLM has sent about a dozen more firefighters to the area since Thursday, increasing its crew to 66, and air tankers are dropping fire retardant around St. Mary’s. BLM Public Information Officer Beth Ipsen said that the retardant will wet the vegetation and help prevent the fire from moving past it to the community.
“This is what we call a wind- and fuel-driven fire, meaning that the wind is pushing it through, and the vegetation is very receptive to burning. It’s also resistant to control,” Ipsen said.
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