Photos: Card Street fire burns over 2,000 acres on the Kenai Peninsula

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Bruce Weathers comes to terms with the loss of his home of 23 years on Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Weathers lost his home to the Card Street fire, and would have lost his life if firefighters hadn't evacuated him at the last moment.

The Kenai Peninsula's Card Street fire grew to an estimated 2,000 acres Tuesday evening as crews continued to battle the blaze that has damaged or destroyed at least 10 structures in the Southcentral town of Sterling.

"The fire is getting more active," Division of Forestry public information officer Tim Mowry said at about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. Fire activity on a scorching day in Southcentral had mostly been on the blaze's eastern perimeter and had burned into the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, he said.

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