Wildfires Lay Low Across Alaska's Interior

ANCHORAGE (AP) -- Wildfires in Alaska's Interior continued to lay low Sunday, but fire managers said expected winds and warmer temperatures could fan blazes back to life Monday.

Firefighters reinforced fire lines and did mop up work, officials said.

North of Fairbanks, helicopter crews made water drops over the 499,000-acre Boundary fire. To the southeast, firefighters welcomed rain that fell steadily Sunday morning over parts of the 470,000-acre Taylor Complex fires.

This summer Alaska has had 495 fires - including 115 still active - that have burned almost 4.1 million acres - close to becoming the second worst fire season since officials began tracking them in the 1950s.