The Moose Creek fire near Sutton is nearly half contained at 46%, according to fire information officials Wednesday. Fire managers expect to have the blaze fully contained by the weekend.
The wildfire started Saturday morning, sparked by a burning debris pile. High winds in the Matanuska Valley drove the fire to consume more than 300 acres.
Winds diminished on Tuesday, allowing fire crews to get a start on a line around the fire.
The western flank of the fire also has significant heat remaining that firefighters are trying to extinguish.
About 80 personnel are still working on the blaze.
APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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