Alaskan dog mushers risk their lives in race to save animals from raging inferno

from The Washington Post

The dogs were the first ones to smell the smoke.
As a raging wildfire crept closer and closer to the Alaskan town of Willow on Sunday, the animals began barking before the alarms sounded.
But as smoke blackened the midnight sun over a community known for its dog sledding, the sport’s heroic stars couldn’t flee: They were stuck inside cages or bound with chains.

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