ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Firefighters battling the Bear Creek Fire near Healy are keeping the morale positive, despite fighting one of the biggest wildfires in the state right now, according to Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) Wildfire Division Chief Jon Glover.
AFD firefighters headed to Healy on Monday, according to the department.
“We did get an increase in crews and resources here over the last 40 hours as well,” Glover said Thursday afternoon. “So, we’re able to get engaged in a couple more of the problem areas on the eastern side of the fire, where it butted up against the homes and the parks highway,” he said…