The blaze surrounded the firefighters' main camp earlier this week. No one was seriously injured, but the power and phone lines were out for almost 24 hours. The main highway that runs near the blaze remains closed. The Alaska team's deputy incident commander, Dave Dash, says extremely hot, dry conditions are creating a potential for a damaging season beyond the 1988 Yellowstone National Park burn. And Dash expects the worst is yet to come.
Weather forecasts hold little hope for relief.
Although the horses have been scheduled to parade through the fairgrounds each evening, they've been rained out twice. Not just any old clydesdale can become a part of the Budweiser Clydesdale team. It takes the best and biggest of the breed. The horses of the West Coast Budweiser Clydesdale team eat on average 40 to 50 pounds a day and drink up to 25 gallons of water to maintain their enormous stature. The West Coast team is based in Menefee, California, about 75 miles Northeast of San Diego.