A historically massive wildfire is threatening four villages on the Yukon River. On Sunday, the fire was within 3.5 miles of St. Mary’s, and residents who chose to stay have been pitching in to keep the village from burning. Via KYUKNews
Pamela Tai and her son, Chase Tai, embrace in the kitchen while Pamela prepares dinner for firefighters June 11, 2022, in St. Mary's, Alaska. Women in the community have organized to feed up to 180 firefighting personnel who have flown in to fight the East Fork Fire. is threatening four villages on the Yukon River. Residents who chose to stay have been pitching in to keep their communities from burning.Pamela Tai stood over the stove in the home she shares with 11 family members.
Tai had been cooking all day. Earlier, it was a big pot of goulash. She donated that to the firefighters for dinner. Like Tai, many women in St. Mary’s have been cooking for the 130 firefighters in the village, lugging meals to a makeshift distribution center each evening. From there, the food gets sent to firefighters’ camps on the outskirts of town.
Out on the tundra, they’ve been digging wide lines of defense to try to prevent the fire from reaching town.
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