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Red Flag Warning and burn permit suspensions for Friday, June 28, 2024

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Red Flag Warning in effect in the Yukon Flats and the White Mountains to the Brooks Range, specifically northwest of Fort Yukon where scattered thunderstorms are expected. The warning is in effect June 28 until midnight.
Red Flag Warning in effect in the Yukon Flats and the White Mountains to the Brooks Range, specifically northwest of Fort Yukon where scattered thunderstorms are expected. The warning is in effect June 28 until midnight.

The National Weather Service issued a Red Flag Warning for Yukon Flats and the White Mountains to the Brooks Range, specifically northwest of Fort Yukon where
scattered thunderstorms are expected. The warning is in effect June 28 until midnight.

Burn permits remain suspended for the Valdez-Copper River, Mat-Su, Fairbanks, Delta, and Tok Areas due to high daytime temperatures, low humidity and the potential for large scale fire growth. The suspensions will be in effect until conditions improve. To see if it’s safe to burn, contact your local burn permit hotline listed below.

Burn permits are suspended for the Valdez-Copper River, Mat-Su, Fairbanks, Delta, and Tok Areas due to high temperatures, low humidity and the potential for large scale fire growth.

Burning of debris piles or utilizing a burn barrel is prohibited. Please note that cooking and warming type fires are still allowed but extreme caution must be used due to high wildfire potential should an ember escape or a fire be left unattended or not completely put out.

Please check https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn/fireareas or call the burn permit hotline listed below for the most current updates.

State law requires those wanting to conduct any open burning on state, private and municipal lands from April 1 through Aug. 31 to get burn permits from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection either online or at your local DOF office. This includes burning brush piles, using burn barrels, agricultural burning and burning of maintained lawns. Burn permits are NOT required for camping, cooking or warming fires less than three feet in diameter with flame lengths less than two feet high. However, it’s not suggested during windy days or when and where there are red flag warnings. 

Map showing DOF areas with burn permit suspensions as of Thursday, June 27, 2024. Valdez-Copper River, Mat-Su, Fairbanks, Delta, and Tok areas all suspended the use of burn permits due to high and very-high fire danger and risk of rapid fire spread.
Map showing DOF areas with burn permit suspensions as of Friday, June 28, 2024. Valdez-Copper River, Mat-Su, Fairbanks, Delta, and Tok areas all suspended the use of burn permits due to high and very-high fire danger and risk of rapid fire spread.

You can also find more information about the Forestry burn permit program and suspensions at https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn

For current information on DOF Burn Permits, call the hotline at DOF Area Offices:

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