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The BLM Alaska Fire Service is establishing a Type 3 fire management team to deal with a new, quickly growing 813-acre wildfire east of the village of Venetie in the upper Yukon Zone. The lightning-caused Marten Creek Fire was reported at 1:30 p.m. Sunday as a 3- to 4-acre wildfire burning in continuous black spruce approximately 13 miles east of Venetie. The fire is located in a Full management protection area on Venetie Indian and Neets Ai Corporation lands. While no values are immediately threatened by the fire, there are three cabins within 7 miles of the fire, the closest of which is about 5 miles to the southeast. ....