Lightning Ignites More Fires Near Willow as Sockeye Continues to Burn
![Alaska Wildland Fire Information posted maps of the Sockeye Fire area detailing the burn area on Tuesday. Lightning Ignites More Fires Near Willow as Sockeye Continues to Burn](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/image17-06-2015-07.35.42.jpg)
Thunderstorms have moved through the Willow area where the 7,500 acre Sockeye Fire continues to burn, and lightning strikes have complicated firefighting efforts, igniting at least two more fires within 20 miles of the original fire fire officials say. By 8 pm on Tuesday evening, the Alaska Division of Forestry had already received reports of two […]