Wildfire activity is heating up along with the weather in Interior Alaska. The Fairbanks Area State Forestry office responded to two small wildfires today and a coal-seam fire near Healy continued to grow.. The first fire, the Ohio Creek Fire,… Read More ›
Month: May 2016
Firefighters mopping up Sunrise Fire
Here’s the latest update on the 30-acre Sunrise Fire in the Meadow Lakes area just north of Wasilla in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley: The fire has not grown in size and is 100 percent contained. Approximately 30 firefighters from the Alaska… Read More ›
DOF responds to new coal seam fire near Healy
The Alaska Division of Forestry is monitoring a new coal seam fire in the Healy area reported on Tuesday. The 2016 Louise Creek Fire is burning in an old burn scar approximately 1-2 miles north of another coal seam fire… Read More ›
State Forestry battling 15-acre fire north of Wasilla from ground and air
The Sunrise Fire in the community of Meadow Lakes just north of Wasilla is now estimated at 12-15 acres and the Alaska Division of Forestry is bringing in more air and ground support to help get the human-caused blaze under… Read More ›