Alaska Fire Facts at a Glance for 7-4-19

By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 4, 2019

Fires actively burning in Alaska: 114 (State 37, AFS 75, USFS 2)

Year to Date Fires: 367

Year to Date Acres: 633,556

Two new fires were reported Wednesday in the state.

The new fires included a human-caused fire near Fort Yukon where a bonfire escaped into adjacent wildlands. The other was the 247-acre Montana Creek fire, cause unknown, which was reported mid-afternoon, south of Talkeetna and 2 ½ miles east of the Parks Highway at Mile 98.