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Seventy-five firefighters battled the Starry Fire until 4 a.m. Sunday, after it was reported early Saturday evening.
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If you look closely, you can see two smokejumpers coming in to help fight the Starry Fire at Anderson on Saturday night.
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Shaleen Holmes of Anderson just opened her new self-serve She Shed, filled with produce for purchase. Now it is filling up with snacks and meat sticks, for free, for firefighters.
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Anderson Mayor Katie Griebe shared this photo from Saturday night. The fire is right behind the Clear Fire Station.
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Firefighters attacked the Starry fire immediately with smokejumpers, tankers, helicopters, tankers and dozers.
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The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Fairbanks Area helicopter is reconfigured for bucket work.
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Seventy-five firefighters battled the Starry Fire until 4 a.m. Sunday, after it was reported early Saturday evening.
Courtesy Katie Griebe
If you look closely, you can see two smokejumpers coming in to help fight the Starry Fire at Anderson on Saturday night.
Courtesy Katie Griebe
Shaleen Holmes of Anderson just opened her new self-serve She Shed, filled with produce for purchase. Now it is filling up with snacks and meat sticks, for free, for firefighters.
Courtesy Shaleen Holmes
Anderson Mayor Katie Griebe shared this photo from Saturday night. The fire is right behind the Clear Fire Station.
Courtesy Katie Griebe
Firefighters attacked the Starry fire immediately with smokejumpers, tankers, helicopters, tankers and dozers.
Courtesy Katie Griebe
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Fairbanks Area helicopter is reconfigured for bucket work.
Photo courtesy of Fairbanks Area Helitack
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Firefighters worked until 4 a.m. Sunday trying to get the upper hand on a 688-acre fire that prompted evacuations in Anderson, 80 miles south of Fairbanks.
The initial attack started at 6:50 p.m. Saturday and included responses from the Clear, Anderson, Nenana and Tri-Valley fire departments, as well as the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Smokejumpers, helicopters, engines, tankers and dozers were ordered and on scene. Seventy-five people initially worked on the fire, with five crews ordered, according to incident commander Ed Sanford.
Meanwhile, another fire, dubbed the 17 Mile Fire, was spotted at about 6:45 p.m. Sunday, across the Nenana River from Anderson. That blaze was being evaluated as this report went to press.
Evacuations remained in place all day Sunday, but it didn’t appear that most Anderson residents actually left. There are an estimated 125 residents in Anderson, which sits next to Clear Space Force Station.
“A lot of young families with kids evacuated,” said Anderson Mayor Katie Griebe. “So did single, older people that would have a hard time getting out fast.”
Her first...