for acres burned in a single season

DAN JOLING, Associated Press Writer
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Source SFGate.com

An unusually long, dry summer has helped push Alaska wildfires past the state record for most acres burned in a single season.

A total of 602 fires have burned more than 7,800 square miles -- an area larger than Connecticut.

On Wednesday, the state's spreading wildfires surpassed the 1957

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