The Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) has burned across the western allotment at Rotten Fish Slough as seen in this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, aerial photograph. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
The Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) has burned across the western allotment at Rotten Fish Slough as seen in this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, aerial photograph. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
The Tettjajik Creek Fire has burned in a mosaic pattern as shown in this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, aerial photograph. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
Firefighters’ spike camp is set up near the Small Timber Fire (#687) of the Chalkyitsik Complex on Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019. The 34-acre fire is holding heat in the deep layers of peat along the Draanjik River due to the extreme drought conditions the area has experienced this season. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
A saw line separates the allotment on the northeast corner of Ohtig Lake and the burned area of the Frozen Calf Fire (#367) as seen during a reconnaissance flight Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
The Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) has burned across the western allotment at Rotten Fish Slough as seen in this Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, aerial photograph. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
A stand of green trees remains around a cabin site along the Draanjik River near Nelson Lake on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. Structure protection measures that included sprinklers set up to protect the pump and hose lay running from the river and around the cabin kept the Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) from destroying the structure. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
Areas of the Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) burned in a mosaic pattern as seen during a reconnaissance flight Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
Areas of the Bearnose Hill Fire (#407) burned in a mosaic pattern as seen during a reconnaissance flight Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team 
Smoke rises on the north side of an allotment on the northeast corner of Ohtig Lake as firefighters burn slash piles while mopping up the burned area of the Frozen Calf Fire (#367). The saw line on the southern side of the allotment is seen in the foreground during a reconnaissance flight Monday, Aug. 5, 2019. Sam Harrel/Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team
Take a visual aerial tour of the Chalkitysik Complex, which has been experiencing wetting rains for the past several days. As fire activity has been reduced to mainly creeping and smoldering, and with fire spread not expected on the Frozen Calf (#367), Bearnose Hill (#407), and Tractor Trail 2 (#348) fires, fire crews have been focusing on mop up, securing and strengthening containment lines, back haul and demobilization as crews reach the end of their 14 day assignments.
The highest priority for all fire personnel has been ensuring the protection of the Gwich’in village of Chalkyitsik. Fire crews focused work to secure the line in the vicinity of Ohtig Lake working north along indirect lines. Mop up activities continue between the Draanjik River and Chahalie Lake along with point protection of structures and when possible allotments within the river corridor. Fire crews have been supporting initial attack in the Upper Yukon Zone.
INFO: KZPA 900 AM radio in Fort Yukon is airing information updates about the Chalkyitsik Complex
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Photo credit: PIO Sam Harrel Division Supervisor Robert Yeager AKIMT/BLM AFS Alaska Fire Service/DNR Alaska Division of Forestry.
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