MANDATORY CREDIT; KTUU OUT; KTVA OUT; THE MAT-SU VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN OUT
Flames are visible from the Beluga Point parking area near Anchorage, Alaska, on July 19, 2016, as a wildfire near McHugh Creek burns. A recent series of wildfires near Anchorage and the hottest day on record have sparked fears that a warming climate could soon mean serious, untenable blazes in urban areas — just like in the rest of the drought-plagued American West. (Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP)