A new fire was located along the Goodpaster River this afternoon after a report of smoke visible in the area. The Central Creek Airstrip Fire (#295) is about two miles south of the confluence of Central Creek and Goodpaster River…. Read More ›
Year: 2022
New hold-over fires pop up in Northeast Alaska
Widespread lightning on June 16 resulted in several new fires today in the Upper Yukon Zone of the Alaska Fire Service. The Schilling Fire (#294) is burning in a limited protection area 38 miles west of Venetie. The fire… Read More ›
Aggie Creek and Aggie Creek 2 fires north of Fairbanks
Firefighting crews are constructing saw line with hose lays on the 100-acre Aggie Creek Fire, (#284) burning west of the Elliot Highway, 25 miles north of Fairbanks. The lightning-caused fire spread rapidly Wednesday evening, casting embers ahead of it, starting… Read More ›
Unified Response Stops Armstrong Fire in Houston Area
Alaska DOF crews from the MatSu Area teamed up with firefighters from the Houston, Big Lake, West Lakes and Central Fire Departments to stop a 2.4 acre fire along Armstrong Road in Houston on Thursday afternoon. Initial attack by DOF… Read More ›
Containment grows as Bering Sea weather brings scattered showers to the East Fork Fire
June 17, 2022, Daily Update, 10:10 AM East Fork Fire STATS: 153,271 acresLocation: 3.7 miles northwest of St. Mary’sPersonnel: 241Start Date: May 31, 2022Cause: Natural, LightningFuels: A mix of tundra, brush, and black spruce Apoon Pass Fire STATS: 66,959 acresLocation:… Read More ›
Heli-rappellers to support point protection on Lime Complex – operations video update
June 17th Alaska Type 2 Black Incident Management Team Operations Update by career Alaskan smokejumper and Operations Section Chief trainee Matt Allen. The fires under the Black Team management include #188, 189, 190, 193 197, 198, 205, 206, 207, 216,… Read More ›
Firefighters working on fires scattered throughout Central Alaska
Firefighters are scattered throughout Central Alaska, working on both new wildfires and ones burning for several days. Smokejumpers responded to two small fires east and west of Manley Hot Springs Wednesday. Two smokejumpers made quick work of a small fire… Read More ›
Firefighters focus efforts on three fires in Northeast Alaska
Firefighters are still working on two wildfires burning in Northeastern Alaska. The Bolgen Creek Fire (#259) is burning in brush, grass and some spruce and tundra approximately 8 miles southwest of Circle. The fire remains at 17 acres, with no… Read More ›
18 fires in southwest under AK Black Team management named “Lime Complex”
Lime Complex – 18 of the nearly 50 lightning caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska have been named the Lime Complex. The Alaska Interagency Type 2 Black Incident Management Team has assumed command of a geographic group of wildfires as… Read More ›
Strong response to lightning caused fire north of Fairbanks
Air Traffic control reported a fire southwest of Wickersham Dome Wednesday evening. A reconnaissance helicopter confirmed the Aggie Creek Fire’s (#284) location and noted the rapid rate of spreading fire. The lightning caused fire was moving downhill and spotting ahead… Read More ›
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