Swan Lake fire smoke drifts back into Anchorage
A wind shift, temperature inversion and higher temperatures are helping smoke from the Swan Lake fire cloak Anchorage on Thursday.
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Forecasters say a high pressure system is likely to move in over the Kenai Peninsula this week, bringing higher temperatures to the area where the 40,000 acre Swan Lake fire continues to burn.