Blaze on Anchorage Hillside mostly contained after firefighters respond and conditions improve

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Firefighters are responding to a fire on the Anchorage Hillside near Rabbit Creek Road and Golden View Drive. Police have blocked off the area, and an officer at the scene said residents were evacuating from some homes in the vicinity.

A helicopter drops water on a fire in the Goldenview area on the Anchorage Hillside on Sunday evening.

Kale Casey, a state fire information officer with the Division of Forestry, estimated its size to be around 0.8 acres. By about 11:37 p.m., the fire -- which crews initially responded to more than two hours earlier -- was 90% contained, according to Casey. Anchorage police blocked off the area, and an officer at the scene earlier Sunday night said residents had evacuated from some homes in the vicinity of the fire. A helicopter made multiple passes to drop water on the blaze.

 

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A Division of Forestry spokesman said a structure fire on the Hillside appeared to cause a wildland fire, estimated at 0.79 acres. Firefighters are still working, but it “looks like we’re at the right time of day to be able to stop the fire’s spread.”

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