Cantwell News

Investigators were trying to determine what caused an explosion and fire that injured five people at a gas station near Denali National Park in Alaska.

CANTWELL, Alaska-Last night, just before 6 pm, an explosion rocked the Chevron Gas station/Convenience store in Cantwell near the Denali Park.

This low-resolution photo taken by passerby Pattie Gill shows the store at the Chevron station in Cantwell on fire about 6 p.m. Sunday.

Authorities say several people are injured in a blaze that engulfed a gas station convenience store near Alaska's Denali National Park.

More than 50 people who attended the Denali Chamber of Commerce's annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Thursday heard an optimistic prediction for 2012.