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Eventdex · Wildfire

KENAI PENINSULA

580683

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event_typeWildfire
ncei_event_id580,683
episode_id96,298
begin_utc2015-06-15T23:49:00+00:00
end_utc2015-06-30T02:00:00+00:00
stateALASKA
cz_typeZ
cz_nameKENAI PENINSULA
deaths_direct0
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct4
injuries_indirect0
damage_property400.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceFire Department/Rescue
episode_narrativeIn mid June, high pressure extending across the Interior and Southwest Alaska caused dangerous fire weather conditions. Fuels were already dry from a low snowpack, and the combination of dry conditions with winds caused by a trough in the Gulf of Alaska allowed human ignited fires to quickly escalate. A number of structures in Southcentral Alaska were burned, the communities of Willow and Soldotna evacuated, and the highways were closed intermittently while crews fought the fires. ||This pattern was followed by a period of dry lightning across the Interior and Southwest Alaska, which ignited many additional fires. Smoke from these fires pooled in Southwest Alaska, and several communities evacuated due to health concerns.
event_narrativeA human-ignited fire was fueled by easterly winds, blowing it towards residences in Sterling, Alaska. Several neighborhoods evacuated voluntarily and 3 structures were destroyed. Westerly winds on 6/18 blew the fire towards a wildlife preserve and away from neighborhoods.
year2,015

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