More tundra fires are reported around Bethel, St. Mary's, and St. Michael's. A fire 22 miles east of Bethel is reported to be out, and firefighters demobilized. The Paiyun Creek Fire, 50 miles southeast of Bethel, has burned an estimated 1,200 acres.
The Allen Fire, 55 miles north of St. Mary's, is reported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to have burned 1,500 acres. A firefighting crew was flown in to the Kogok River Fire south of St. Michael's; the fire is estimated at 632 acres.
Numerous other fires, all thought to have been caused by lightning, are burning in the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge.
There is also a fire being actively fought near Crooked Creek. The state Division of Forestry says that the Bell Creek Fire has come within two miles of the village and that residents are on watch for potential evacuation.