| Size: 1,000 acres | Personnel: 41 | Start Date: July 21, 2024 | Cause: Lightning |
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Firefighters are installing protection measures for structures along Mission Creek and the community of Eagle while monitoring the Sinnott Fire. This fire, burning in steep terrain about 4 miles northwest of Eagle, has recently moved toward the Yukon River and the Boulder Creek drainage, following a push south near the Lost Creek drainage.
The community’s masticator, usually used for creating proactive fire breaks, is re-opening dozer lines from previous efforts near American Creek north of Eagle. The Yukon Crew is using saws to cut the fire break at the northern end of American Creek where the masticator cannot operate due to thick brush and trees. The fire break will be about 2.5 miles long when complete.
A masticator is opening up a old dozer line used as a fire break near the American Creek outside Eagle. The Yukon Crew extended this fire break to the Mission Creek, which is at the bottom of the photo. July 26, 2024 photo by Ben Ferguson, BLM AFS 
A masticator has opened up an old dozer line to create a fire break running parallel along American Creek west of Eagle to protect the community from the Sinnott Fire (#382) burning northwest of the community. Photo by Ben Ferguson, BLM AFS
The Denali Wildland Fire Module is focused on property 2 miles south of the fire, setting up a sprinkler system and clearing brush just south of Mission Creek. The Yukon Crew and Denali Wildland Fire Module are both Chugachmiut fire teams based in the Kenai Peninsula.
Firefighters will continue to assess other properties and Native allotments to identify additional sites that might need protection from the fire and come up with a plan to protect them.
Weather Forecast: It will be another hot day with temperatures around 87°F. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms may bring gusty, erratic winds near the fire area. There is only a 10% chance of enough rain to soak the ground. Humidity will be around 40%, with light westerly winds at 5 mph, and southwest winds on the ridgetops shifting to the south in the afternoon. Higher humidity, cooler temperatures, and scattered showers are expected for the weekend.
Status of the Dome Fire near the Taylor Highway: The Dome Fire (#386) burning west of the Taylor Highway near mile 117 should be considered contained and controlled Friday afternoon. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection helicopter, engine crew and firefighters working on the fire will then return to Tok. The 3-acre fire is still considered active, but fire managers are confident it will stay within its control lines. However, motorists may still see smoke coming from this wildfire burning next to the highway.
Contact BLM Alaska Fire Service Public Affairs Specialist Beth Ipsen at (907)356-5510 or eipsen@blm.gov for more information.
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The Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service (AFS) located at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, provides wildland fire suppression services for over 240 million acres of Department of the Interior and Native Corporation Lands in Alaska. In addition, AFS has other statewide responsibilities that include: interpretation of fire management policy; oversight of the BLM Alaska Aviation program; fuels management projects; and operating and maintaining advanced communication and computer systems such as the Alaska Lightning Detection System. AFS also maintains a National Incident Support Cache with a $23 million inventory. The Alaska Fire Service provides wildland fire suppression services for America’s “Last Frontier” on an interagency basis with the State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Military in Alaska.
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