There were two new fire starts across Alaska on Monday – one from an escaped campfire and another from escaped burn barrels. Fires actively burning in Alaska: 115 (State 38, AFS 76, USFS 1) Year-to-Date Fires: 363 Year-to-Date Acres Burned: … Read More ›
Rising winds on Monday and higher temperatures forecast throughout this week will likely mean an increase in fire activity throughout the eastern interior, with light winds moving the smoke to the northeast. There are 24 fires burning within the Upper… Read More ›
Cooler temperatures have brought some relief to firefighters across the Tanana Zone. The relatively cool temperatures and higher relative humidity are forecast to be short-lived however. High pressure will be building and moving back in over the interior, bringing warmer… Read More ›
Firelines east of the Sterling community held strong Monday as hot, dry weather tested firefighters’ work. Crews were busy with mop-up and suppression repair along 18 miles of firebreak north of the Sterling Highway and along the East Fork Moose… Read More ›
The #HessCreekFire has grown to 94,000 acres. Continued cooler temperatures and high relative humidity created ideal conditions for firefighters to deploy into remote areas to protect structures. Crews thinned trees, cleared brush and created defensible space around structures identified as… Read More ›
Containment of the Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) near Salcha is holding steady at 5% but the fire size increased to 69 acres, due to more accurate mapping of the perimeter. Firefighters are continuing to improve and secure firelines and to… Read More ›
Special Statement – Heavy smoke impacts in the upper Kenai valley, Seward, and along the Sterling Highway near the Swan Lake fire today. CENTRAL/EASTERN INTERIOR: Light winds from the southsouthwest will continue to transport smoke to the northnortheast. The amount of… Read More ›
This will be the last update from the Alaska Incident Management Team, as the fire will be transitioned to the Type 1 Pacific Northwest 2 Incident Management Team (Rob Allen Incident Commander) on Wednesday morning. The Shovel Creek Fire is… Read More ›
Aircraft pummeled a wildfire west of Delta Junction again on Sunday with water drops, as well as a water enhancer called BlazeTamer, to keep the fire from spreading. The Rainbow 2 Fire about 15 miles west of Delta Junction was… Read More ›
Firefighters were able to get a better look at the Nugget Creek Fire from the air on Monday and the new acreage estimate for the fire burning east of Fairbanks in the Chena River State Recreation Area is 6,900 acres,… Read More ›
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