Photos: McKinley fire sweeps through Parks Highway corridor

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Smoke rises from vehicles and structures at Mile 86 of the Parks Highway on Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, that were damaged during the fast moving McKinley fire near Caswell. (Bill Roth / ADN)

High winds pushed the McKinley fire, which started on Saturday, into neighborhoods between Willow and the Talkeetna cutoff. The fire has periodically shut down the Parks Highway, caused hundreds of area residents to evacuate and burned more than 80 structures.

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