Alaska DNR Commissioner Corri Feige and Alaska Division of Forestry Director John “Chris” Maisch held a press conference on Wednesday to discuss the active wildfires ravaging Southcentral Alaska and recent developments against the fires.

“It’s been an extremely active fire year,” Feige said.

There’s been a total of 666 fires across Alaska this year, according to Feige. She said that as of Tuesday, the total number of acres burned went past the 2.5 million mark.

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