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Experts say it's not a matter of if but when a large blaze impacts the Hillside neighborhood in Anchorage.

The Funny River fire is holding steady at just over 192,831 acres and is considered 46 percent contained.

Two Southcentral Alaska fires have grown in size since Wednesday afternoon, covering the Anchorage area in smoke Thursday morning. Download Audio

An unusually large North Slope wildfire released a massive amount of carbon into the atmosphere.

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More than 4,300 lightning strikes in the northern half of Alaska caused a number of fires over the weekend.

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A fire fighter working the Hastings wild fire was injured when a tree fell on him Thursday night. Incident Commander Tom Kurth says the man, from a Mt. Hood, Oregon-based crew, was working the 23,000 acre burn north of Fairbanks, when the large fire weakened tree came down.

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As the weather provides a break in wildfire activity, managers of the Hasting’s Fire response north of Fairbanks are taking the opportunity to make sure the 23,000 acre burn doesn’t flare back up when the weather dries out.