Despite some light rainfall, firefighters along the Top of the World Highway faced mostly hot and smoky conditions on Tuesday.
There are three fires burning just inside the U.S-Canadian border: the Wood Fire (#330), the Jejezhuu Fire (#346) and the Napoleon Fire (#348). The 1,300-acre Wood Fire is nearest the border with Yukon Territory. The small Jejezhuu Fire is just northwest of the Wood Fire. The 900-acre Napoleon Fire is burning about 7.5 miles northeast of Chicken. All three fires are sharing a helicopter.
Smokejumpers are working to button up the smallest of the fires in the next couple of days so they can focus on the two larger blazes. Another group of smokejumpers and the North Star Crew continued structure protection efforts on the Wood Fire. The smokejumpers who arrived at the Napoleon Fire on Monday night continued their efforts to identify structures and sites requiring protection in the area and to evaluate the fire activity.
There was one new fire reported Tuesday. The Tetthajik Fire (#352) is located about 25-miles west of the U.S. Canadian Border, and just north of the Arctic Circle. Other small but active fires include the Easy Moose Fire (#350) near the Kandik River outside the Yukon-Charley National Preserve. Meanwhile, the Cascade Wildfire Use Module is working to secure the fireline around the Tsyooktuihvun Fire (#345) north of Venetie.
The eight smokejumpers sent to the Delta Fire (#221) southeast of Fairbanks Monday night were pulled off the fire Tuesday. Compared to the weekend, fire activity and fire growth on both the Delta Fire and the Clear Creek Fire (#277) southwest of Fairbanks was significantly reduced.
Year-to-date, there have been 110 fires reported on lands under the protection of the BLM Alaska Fire Service, covering 124,001 acres. For more information, contact Public Information Officer Al Nash at 907-356-5510.
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