Firefighters along the Top of the World Highway near the U.S.-Canadian Border were prepared for increased fire activity Saturday in light of a forecast of warmer, drier and windier conditions with isolated thunderstorms.
The smokejumpers assigned to the Napoleon Fire (#348) relocated to the Wood Fire (#330) for the day Saturday. They reinforced the smokejumpers and North Star crew already on the fire, in case they needed to protect structures in the area if fire activity increased. The threat failed to materialize.
A helicopter was used Saturday to airlift pumps, hose and other equipment from the Tsyooktuihvun Fire (#345) north of Venetie. The smokejumpers and the members of the Cascade Wildland Fire Module assigned to the 8-acre fire will be released Sunday.
There was one new fire start reported Saturday afternoon on lands under Alaska Fire Service protection. The Bonanza Fire (#357), a little over 20 miles southeast of Bettles, is estimated at just a tenth of an acre.
A Friday evening overflight of the Clear Creek Fire (#277) southwest of Fairbanks reported that the fire is smoldering and creeping slowly to the southwest, burning in black spruce. Both this fire and the Delta Fire (#221) southeast of Fairbanks are holding at a little over 50-thousand acres.
For more information, contact Public Information Officer Al Nash at 907-356-5510.
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