June 29, 2005. Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. Photographer states: KING COUNTY CREEK, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. A Type 2 Incident Management team (Doty) is currently assigned. Canadian firefighters were airlifted into the fire zone 6/29/2005. This fire is approximately 10,000 acres and was started by lightning on Fish and Wildlife Service land 13 miles southeast of Sterling, AK. The fire is actively burning in black spruce, mixed hardwoods and dead & down beetle killed spruce. Residences and commercial property are threatened near Funny River and Sterling. Tree torching 1/3 mile ahead of the front was observed on 6/29/2005.