Watch videos and fire footage at the Shovel Creek Fire YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2L4Qc7M Current Statistics: Size: 23,734 acres Containment: 30% Personnel: 621 Start Date: June 21, 2019 Cause: Lightning Yesterday, rain throughout the fire area dampened fire behavior providing a break… Read More ›
Widespread lightning has started at least 30 new fires since Thursday in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area around McGrath. A Red Flag Warning remained in effect for most of Southwest Area for more lightning on Friday and fire… Read More ›
Firefighters began the process of building and plumbing containment lines around a 1,200-acre wildfire near the Denali Borough community of Anderson on Friday, just 16 hours after the fire forced the evacuation of two remote subdivisions west of the Parks… Read More ›
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) was used on the Montana Creek – Malaspina Fires yesterday (July 11, 2019). The UAS which flew the fire is a Type 3/4, which means it is the smallest type of UAS (approximately the size… Read More ›
The Beaver Fire (#390) is still moving to the east/southeast and crossed the South Fork of the Chena River yesterday. Three small spot fires (totaling less than 1 acre) on the river’s south bank were showing minimal activity, and a… Read More ›
ANCHORAGE – The Bureau of Land Management today issued updated fire restrictions banning all open fires (campfires) on BLM-managed public lands in Southcentral and Interior Alaska. The new fire prevention order, issued in response to the current extreme fire danger,… Read More ›
–Evacuation Levels Reduced– Firefighters have successfully connected line from Old Murphy Dome Rd to the Chatanika River. As mop up continues along the fire perimeter coupled with higher humidity and rain, the Pacific Northwest Team 2, managing the fire, has… Read More ›
If you prefer you can watch this video on YouTube. To watch fireline and aerial footage of the fire subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2L4Qc7M Size: 23,734 acres Containment: 15% Personnel: 739 Start Date: June 21, 2019 Cause: Lightning Firefighters continued… Read More ›
Control lines to the south and west continue to hold. There has been no growth of the fire to the north, south, and west with minimal growth to the east along drainages. Ahead of the fire, firefighters continue to thin… Read More ›
Wildfire managers for the Alaska Division of Forestry on Friday morning were formulating a plan of attack for a wildfire that forced the evacuation of two remote subdivisions about 10 miles south of the community of Anderson Thursday night. The… Read More ›
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