Photos: Chiniak fire

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In this view from Rezanof Drive in Kodiak, a fire burns in Chiniak at midnight Friday morning, August 28, 2015. People are being urged to evacuate the small Kodiak Island community of Chiniak because of a wildfire police describe as unpredictable and quick-moving that has already destroyed homes and a library.

An uncontrolled wildfire in the tiny village of Chiniak on Kodiak Island destroyed several structures, forced evacuations and closed roads in less than 12 hours overnight, authorities said early Friday.

Chiniak residents began evacuating around 11 p.m. Thursday. Early Friday morning, the Kodiak Police Department urged people remaining in the community of about 50 to leave quickly as the fire was moving rapidly.

Read more: Wildfire destroys structures in Kodiak Island village, prompts evacuation