Officials say lodge in northern Alaska threatened by fire

Published 8:01 am Monday, July 18, 2016

ANCHORAGE — National Park Service officials say a lodge in northern Alaska is threatened by a growing wildfire that has crossed a river.

Officials said Friday the fire near the Gates of the Arctic National Preserve had grown to more than 2 square miles in size.

Spokeswoman Kris Fister says the owner of the private lodge at Narvak Lake reported Thursday evening that the fire was 5 1/2 miles away. Fister says she doesn’t know if the fire has moved in closer.

The preserve is in the Brooks Range section of the state.