Dozens of Wildfires Across Alaska Leave Wide Swaths Shrouded in Smoke
Firefighters battle the Shovel Creek Fire outside of Fairbanks. (Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service/Twitter) At a Glance More than 120 wildfires have been reported. The smoke has prompted air quality advisories for several areas.An evacuation order was issued for two neighborhoods near Fairbanks. Dozens of wildfires burning in Alaska have prompted evacuation orders and air quality alerts, including in the Anchorage and Fairbanks areas. Residents of two neighborhoods about 20 miles northwest of Fairbanks were just after midnight...