Besides, the season was already quite advanced, since March 13 on Antarctic shores corresponds with September 13 in the northernmost regions, which marks the beginning of the equinoctial period.
According to the Alaska Fire Science Consortium, more than two and half times as much acreage burned in the northernmost state between 2001 and 2020 in comparison to the 1990's.
Alaska is pretty obviously the northernmost US state but it's also at the same time the westernmost and easternmost state because of the international date line located here which part of Alaska crosses over.