NATION IN BRIEF : ALASKA : Fire Out of Control; Emergency Declared
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A raging wildfire that has consumed more than 14,000 acres forced residents of Tok--a town southeast of Fairbanks--to abandon their homes, burned a Coast Guard station and other buildings and blocked the Alaska Highway, the main road into the state. “The fire is out of control,” a state forester said. The blaze was among 159 raging across Alaska. Gov. Steve Cowper declared an emergency and called on the Alaska National Guard to fight the fires.
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