Firefighters assigned to the Lush Fire (#199) continue working to protect structures and allotments on the north side of the Yukon River across from the community of Rampart, as the weather shifts to a cooler, wetter trend over the next few days.
Smokejumpers, the BLM Midnight Sun Hotshots, North Star Fire Crew, SES Fire K-River Crew #1, and Mooseheart Crew are clearing defensible space around Alaska Native allotments, structures, and a cultural camp in the area. They have installed hoses, sprinklers and pumps around structures as well.
Elsewhere in the Tanana Zone, six smokejumpers responded to a new start Sunday about 15 miles southeast of Tanana. The Shortcut Fire (#322) is burning south of Long Lake near Hay Slough. Firefighters are cutting firebreaks around an Alaska Native allotment in the area for point protection. The weather forecast calls for an 80% chance of wetting rains in the area today.
Five smokejumpers are finishing their work on the Bootlegger Fire (#236), which is on the north side of the Yukon River east of Ruby. The fire is still about 3 acres. Firefighters are identifying any remaining hotspots around the fire’s edge today and putting them out.
Fire managers continue to monitor the Elephant Fire (#225) and the Hay Fire (#257) with an eye toward possibly staffing these fires when the appropriate resources become available. The Elephant Fire is lightning-caused and is about 15 miles south of Rampart west of Elephant Mountain. The Hay Fire is also lightning-caused and is about a mile south of Long Lake. Both fires began last week during an intense period of fire activity across the state.
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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. 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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