Continued dry weather and low humidity resulted in increased wildfire activity on both the Bonanza Creek (#238) and Goldstream Creek (#270) fires yesterday.
Acreage on the Bonanza Creek Fire increased slightly to 2,641 acres due to continued dry conditions and spot fires developing on the southwestern end of the fire. Air resources have been deployed to assist ground resources with slowing the fire in order to tie into control lines. Crews are heavily monitoring the southwest line of the fire where hot spots remain and will work to tie the southwest corner into fire breaks already established across the southern and western sides.
The Goldstream Creek Fire remained at 6,099 acres. Firefighters continue their contingency structure protection activities adjacent to the southwest side of the fire. The southwest corner of the fire continues to have hot spots, but control lines are being established. Control lines are also being installed along the east side of the fire moving north.
Crews, working with local railroad officials, will also be able to access the north side of the Goldstream Creek Fire today to conduct reconnaissance of fuel and topography conditions to establish the best mitigation plan for the north side of the fire.
Tuesday’s weather will bring more dry conditions with steady and gusty winds. This could result in more sporadic wildfire behavior, however ground and air resources are positioned to mitigate the expected increase in wildfire activity.
These fires have also impacted roadways and rail lines in the area. Please travel with caution and watch for fire crews as smoke may impact visibility.
Fairbanks North Star Borough has issued evacuation alerts for the following areas:
🔴 Level 3 “GO!”:
- Skinny Dick’s Logging Road
- Parks Highway MP 330-333
- Bonanza Creek Forest Area
🟡 Level 2 “SET”:
- Parks Highway MP 325-330
- Parks Highway MP 333-338
- Nenana Ridge Forestry Road
🟢 Level 1 “READY”:
- Old Ridge
- Standard Creek Road
- Cache Creek Road
- Standard Cache
- Old Nenana Highway
Categories: Active Wildland Fire, AK Fire Info, Alaska DNR - Division of Forestry (DOF)
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 
