...the cabin across the channel from his home near the Kenai Keys had erupted in flames. "We were about 75 feet above (Dow Island) looking across at the flames at eye level," he said. "Smoke and flames were 50 feet high in a matter of minutes...

...p.m.," said Gordon Orth assistant fire chief at Central Emergency Services in Soldotna, in regard to a fire on Dow Island in the Kenai Keys area. "Two structures were threatened and residents were helping contain the fire with portable pumps...

An early Thursday morning blaze on Dow Island, located near Mile 42 of the Kenai River, sent Central...Ernie and Gina Hall, live in Anchorage and were not on Dow Island at the time of the fire. In fact, Hale said fire investigators...