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FIRE RiiGES (Cont)
and leaping flames
were clearly visible
along the fireline.
Plumes and banners of
flame leaped toward
the sky as trees of
the thick spruce
stand were attacked
and swallowed by the
advancing fire.
Flying over tne
burned-out area be
hind the path, of the
fire-front, ehtire
areas- swept bare of
any growth were visi
ble. Wide swaths of
blackened country
seemed to have,been '
leveled by the bite
.of a giant bulldozer.
In other spots,
skeletons of burned
trees • still stood,_
.although entirely de-~
nuded of foliage. In
many places only the T'~
spruce - stand • had
burned, while birch
groves were left al
most intact. The
tundra and muskeg
still smouldered and
smoked, as .it will
for days after the
fire passes, accord
ing to a Fish and
Try UurC leaning
FAST.E fFICIENT
SERVICE
DR* CLEANING
HAT 'BLOCKING '
HcmerDriCleaners
Wildlife Service* off
icial v/ho was in Sei
dovia yesterday.
The Fvvs represent
ative, who is George
Black, Fishery Man
agement ikgent aboard
the Teal, said the
inaccessibility of the
region and the lack
of men - and proper
equipment prevented
any attempt to fight
the fire. He said
nothing could be
done, unless the army
offered men and
equipment for the
work.- Otherwise -the
fire must burn tintil
it is quenched by
rain or stopped by a
natural barrier.
<it times,, Smoke
from the burning for-*
est IS So thick that
flyers travelling up
and down the Kenai*
peninsula ape forced
to detour widely ar
ound that section of
country.
Ward Gay of ^nch-*
HOSPITALIZED
Walter Cleghorn
was admitted to Sel- .
dovia hospital for
medical treatment
yesterday#
or age, guide and pi
lot, said flames were
leaping 200 feet into
the air above burning
treetops last Sunday
afternoon. Smoke was
So thick that Mr. Gay
found it impossible
to land at the fish
camp he operates on
Skilak Lake.
Mr.• Gay believes
that the Kenai river,
only natural barrier
immediately before
the fire now, will be
leaped easily by the
advancing flames.
Moose have not yet
been greatly bothered
by the fire, but it
is believed beaver in
the burning area will
be - entirely destroy
ed .'
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