| Summary: | Cannery Workers Join Fight Against Fires. CANNERY WORKERS JOIN FIGHT AGAINST FIRES JUNEAU, Alaska, June 13. (/P)— Kodiak island cannery crews joined residents today in fighting forest fires which threatened canneries on 15-mile front on both sides of Halibut bay. A government radio operator, in a message'io the Alaska game commission, said the fire had spread rapidly outside the boundaries of the national forest, driving wild game headlong before it. The Kodiak island fires and numerous blazes now under control in Southeastern Alaska were attributed to the hot weather which has gripped Alaska the past two weeks. Heavy melting of snows caused river and streams to run bank high. The flood situation along the Richardson highway eased today, with the Alaska highway commission's crews rebuilding washed out bridges and sections of the highway.
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