Weak southerly Chinook winds over the Alaska Range, along with very hot, dry weather will bring Red Flag conditions Saturday and Sunday for portions of the western Interior, Alaska Range and Copper River Basin. This includes the communities of Tanana, Anderson Healy, Delta Junction, Fairbanks, Salcha, Paxon and Glennallen. A Fire Watch is in place for the Middle Tanana Valley, Yukon Flats and surrounding uplands. A watch is in place to when conditions could lead to a Red Flag. Air quality advisories are in effect for central and eastern Alaska with major smoke impacts within the Tanana Valley.
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Burn Permit Suspension remains in place for the Fairbanks, Tok and Delta Fire Prevention Areas areas due to due to very high fire danger conditions. The suspensions will remain in place until conditions change. Burning of debris piles or utilizing a burn barrel is prohibited. Please note that cooking and warming types fires are still allowed but extreme caution must be used due to high wildfire potential should an ember escape or a fire be left unattended or not completely put out.
Please check https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn/ or call the local burn permit hotlines for the most current updates:
State law requires those wanting to conduct any open burning on state, private and municipal lands from April 1 through Aug. 31 to get burn permits from the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection either online or at your local Forestry office. This includes burning brush piles, using burn barrels, agricultural burning and burning of maintained lawns. Burn permits are NOT required for camping, cooking or warming fires less than three feet in diameter with flame lengths less than two feet high. However, it’s not suggested during windy days or when and where there are red flag warnings.
You can also find more information about the Forestry burn permit program and suspensions at https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn
For current information on DOF Burn Permits, call the hotline at DOF Area Offices:
- Tok – (907) 883-1413 ext. 2303
- Delta – (907) 895-5483
- Fairbanks – (907) 451-2631
- Mat-Su Area – (907)761-6312
- Kenai-Kodiak – (907)260-4269
- Southwest – (907)524-3010
- Haines (Northern Southeast Area) – (907)766-2120
- Valez/Copper River – (907)822-8665
Categories: Alaska DNR - Division of Forestry (DOF), burn permit suspension, Fire Restrictions, Fire Weather, Red Flag Warning
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