Two communities along the lower Yukon River have begun evacuating their most vulnerable residents from the largest fire ever in the region.
Two communities along the lower Yukon River have begun evacuating their most vulnerable residents from a tundra fire.
The fire is the largest in the history of the Lower Yukon valley. It’s been burning for a week and a half, since May 31, and has grown to about 50,000 acres. Beans said that she and her family won’t be evacuating just yet, even though her husband is technically an elder. At 68, she said that he’s still active. But she said that the wind is picking up, which is not good news for the community. She said that if the fire reaches the village, her family and others will leave by boat.
“We’re in a defensive posture, because really, unless there’s a significant change in weather there, it’s going to take a lot to stop that fire,” Ipsen said. Children, elders and vulnerable people were evacuated first. About 60 people arrived in Bethel on Thursday night and were being housed at the National Guard Armory.
This fire has been burning for three days and has grown to at least 30 acres. According to state Division of Forestry, it spread within five miles of the communities of Tununak and Toksook Bay, and within a half mile of power lines that serve the villages. That day, Wednesday, the Division deployed a plane and a dozen smokejumpers to contain the fire.
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