U.S. Forest Service firefighters and local volunteers have combatted wildfires in the upper valley and near Battery Point during the past several weeks, and monitored a fire in the Lutak area.
Nine Forest Service firefighters responded to a fire at Pine Knob near the Tsirku River. A moose hunter reported smoke near an old logging site, said Klehini Volunteer Fire Department volunteer Mark Kelly. The fire started in a pile of wood debris beneath a…