Officials said five days of rain or moisture in the forecast allowed fire crews, previously on the defensive, to make a more direct attack on the 842-acre McHugh Creek fire Thursday.

Two crews consisting of about 60 firefighters are digging a break line at the edge of the fire near the McHugh Creek cutoff on Seward Highway, said Alaska Division of Forestry spokesperson Sarah Saarloos Thursday evening.

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