No new fires reported Tuesday in DOF’s Northern Region

By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 10, 2024

This is a report on fires occurring in Division of Alaska Forestry & Fire Protection northern protection areas, generally north of the Alaska Range. These include the DOF Prevention areas of Fairbanks, Delta Junction and Tok.

There were no new fires reported Tuesday in DOF’s Northern Region. Temperatures are expected to be in the mid 70s Wednesday in the Interior but will give way to cooler temps moving into southeast Interior areas. Isolated, wet thunderstorms are possible Wednesday and Thursday over the eastern Interior and into the White Mountains.

As fire danger moderates, all burn permit suspensions have been lifted statewide. This allows residents to conduct small debris burns, utilize burn barrels and complete small lawn burns with a valid burn permit. More information about the DOF Burn Permit program and current suspensions can be found at https://dnr.alaska.gov/burn

There were only two fires staffed in DOF’s Northern Region on Tuesday.

Sam Creek 2 Fire (#359) – north of the Alaska Highway near mile 1369.5 is a human caused fire in a full response area and is estimated to be .5 acre. Tok and Delta DOF firefighters completed their fireline around the fire Tuesday. After multiple grids of the area, the fire was declared contained and controlled. All resources were released, and the fire placed into monitor status. This will be the last update here unless there is a significant change.

Gold King Creek Fire (#276) – 46 miles south of Fairbanks in a limited response area and is estimated to be 6,002 acres. 28 personnel are assigned. The smokejumpers demobilized Tuesday and turned command of the incident back to DOF Fairbanks Area. Chugachmiut Yukon Crew and the Uncrewed Aerial System (UAS/drone) Module remain assigned to the incident. The main objective remains structure protection for the cabin community of Gold King and keeping the fire west of Gold King Creek. A Temporary Flight Restriction is in place over the Gold King Creek Fire for the safe operation of firefighting aircraft. Pilots should check here, https://tfr.faa.gov/, before flying in the area.