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air. so had is a really strong memorial day and a great sign for summer travel. those are good numbers. i m going to look at the gas prices as many travelers think about where they should go and if they re going to go. the national average $3.66, that was $3.63 a year ago. how are gas prices as we see them trending down a little affect the travel? we don t expect travel to be affected by gas prices this year, since prices are pretty similar to last year. but they re still at a level most americans find too high. what we re finding, though, is that people will pull back in other areas, look for cheaper hotels and other ways to save money, perhaps looking for a hotel where your breakfast is included to help offset those gas prices. i want to go to the president. he traveled to the baseball hall of fame last weekend. i want to share it with all of you some of what he said.
gas prices as they saw last year. the average per gallon of regular unleaded is $3.66 a gallon, compared to last year where it was $3.63, but many parts of the country are actually seeing lower gas prices. back here in atlanta, air travelers are seeing a 6% increase in airfares this year compared to last year. if it s not one thing, it s another. a massive wildfire in alaska is causing mandatory evacuations. the funny river fire threatens 1,000 structures. that fire is 30% contained. meanwhile, firefighters in northern arizona appear to be turning a corner on lts so-called slide fire there. they have now contained 25% of the blaze and controlled burns have kept the flames from reaching homes. bill karins joins us right now.
about the same gas prices as they did last year. the national average is about $3.66 a gallon. compare that to last year when it was $3.63 for a gallon of regular unleaded. but most parts of the country will be seeing slightly lower gas prices. back here in atlanta, not any major problems. airfares will be up about 6% on average this year. richard, back to you. all right. good to hear there s no delay there is. amazing it s the busiest airport in the world. it s often quite calm in atlanta. appreciate that. it is no holiday for 1200 firefighters out west battling the slide fire in arizona. they are slowly making progress this morning containing about 10% of the blaze and igniting controlled burns to keep the flames from reaching homes. that fire now about 20 square miles large. meanwhile, there is a fire ten times that size scorching parts of alaska.
folks on the stroll of the national mall. and today kicking off a look at memorial day weekend. this is looking like i-94 in detroit, all things are moving. aaa is expecting the people to be up traveling. this is a live look at the i-90 in cleveland and all clear, and the national average of the gallon of gas is up six cents over last year at $3.66. dragons lurked giants stood tall and the good queen showed the boy it could all be real avo: whatever you can imagine, all in one place expedia, find yours yeah! but i thought you were the queen of the pre-treat soak treat soak? those are fond memories, but those things are amazing. once i saw what they did, i actually started to relax. don t touch my things. those little guys clean, brighten and fight stains.