The Alaska Division of Forestry is monitoring several hot spots from last summer’s Deshka Landing Fire near Willow that have been reported over the course of the winter. The first reports of smoke and smoldering were provided by trail groomers… Read More ›
Month: April 2020
Grass fire started by discarded cigarette near Homer illustrates dry conditions on southern Kenai Peninsula
Firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry and Homer Volunteer Fire Department responded to a small grass fire near Homer on Wednesday that was ignited by a discarded cigarette butt. It was the first wildfire of the season on the… Read More ›
Forestry to suspend all burn permits starting May 1 due to COVID-19
The Alaska Division of Forestry (DOF) will suspend all burn permits – both small- and large-scale – effective at midnight on April 30, in anticipation of the impacts of COVID-19 on Alaska’s wildland firefighting resources this summer. The use of… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 