Quoting AK Fire Info:
June 15, 2015 by Alaska Division of Forestry
7:45 p.m. – An explosive wildland fire on the Kenai Peninsula forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes and burned at least six structures on Monday.
The 640-acre Card Street Fire was reported as a 1-acre fire by Alaska State Troopers at 1:52 p.m. near the community of Sterling. The fire was burning in grass in an area accessible only by four-wheeler.
Firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Kenai are office responded by helicopter, engines and four-wheelers but the fire had spread to 4 acres and was growing by the time they arrived. The fire was actively torching and crowning in trees when firefighters arrived.
Approximately 200 homes were threatened by the fire and firefighters and Alaska State Troopers immediately began evacuation procedures using a reverse 911 call to inform residents in the area of the situation. It’s unclear at this point whether the structures burned were homes, outbuildings or other types of structures.