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Firefighters continue working to stamp out two human-caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska, one near the coastal village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak along the Kuskokwim River. Twelve smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service spent Tuesday working to contain the estimated 180-acre Kiktak Island Fire…
A wildfire that ignited as a result of an escaped dump fire near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula is now estimated to be at least 500 acres but all immediate threats to the village have been mediated. Pilot Point is a small, remote village of approximately 65 residents located on the Aleutian Chain, about 370 miles southwest of Anchorage. Twelve smokejumpers who were flown in to initial attack the fire on Thursday completed a burn operation along a road leading from the village to the dump to keep the fire north of the village and to protect the village airstrip and wooden p...