Back-to-back wildfires kept emergency response teams busy on the southern peninsula Monday.
Firefighters were called out to the scene of a 3.5-acre wildfire along Misty Lane near Anchor Point at around 1:40 p.m. Monday, only to be deployed to a second fire in Nikolaevsk a few hours later.
Multiple agencies, including the Division of Forestry, Ninilchik Fire Department, Kachemak Emergency Services and Anchor Point Fire, responded. Kenai Peninsula Borough Office of Emergency Management monitored the fires and stayed in contact with fire agencies, but did not have to mobilize any resources, Emergency Manager Dan Nelson said.
Emergency management provides support if residents need to evacuate or take shelter due to a natural disaster.
Fed by dry grass and trees killed by spruce bark beetles, the Nikolaevsk fire spread across 11 acres of wildland and threatened several nearby structures.
Fire crews used a helicopter to drop multiple loads of water, and an air tanker dropped flame retardant on the edge of the fire closest to threatened homes. No damages were reported.