‘They refused to be bystanders’: Three teens help battle Houston forest fire with buckets

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Three teenagers helped contain a forest fire on city land in Houston early Saturday morning using buckets to haul water from a nearby river, according to Houston Public Safety Director Christian Hartley.

A warming fire had escaped its container onto forest land near the Little Susitna River Campground, Hartley said.

“It was an active fire, about 1 foot flame length in dead grass and a lot of fallen logs,” Hartley said…

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