Winds Aid Alaskan Fire Crews

A wildfire that threatened to overrun the Tok Cutoff and drive people from their homes over the weekend was slowed Sunday by favorable winds, giving at least 200 firefighters a chance to build breaks and hold a line, said state and federal fire officials.
June 3, 2003

A wildfire that threatened to overrun the Tok Cutoff and drive people from their homes over the weekend was slowed Sunday by favorable winds, giving at least 200 firefighters a chance to build breaks and hold a line, said state and federal fire officials.

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