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Firefighters on the Lush Fire continue making progress protecting Rampart

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The Lush Fire (#199) is located one mile northwest of Rampart, just across the Yukon River. The fire behavior yesterday was creeping and smoldering with isolated torching. The weather forecast calls for increasing temperatures through the week which will likely cause an increase in fire behavior. There is no chance for precipitation in the upcoming forecast.

Eight members of the Midnight Suns Hotshot crew are standing next to a small white plane with a red stripe. They have unloaded supplies from the plane and are waiting to be transported off of the fire after working two weeks. They are all wearing burgundy crew shirts and green Nomex pants. In the front of the photo, stacks of supplies are visible - cardboard boxes of supplies and blue and white coolers. The sky above is mostly blue with scattered white clouds.
Several members of the Midnight Suns Hotshot Crew standby after unloading a supply plane. The whole crew was transported off of the fire yesterday after working a two week assignment. June 30, 2025.

The mission for fire managers is to protect values at risk including Native Alaska Allotments, structures and a cultural camp in the area. To achieve this, firefighters are using a combination of indirect and direct fireline construction. Firefighters have completed work around some of the allotments and continue to work on others. As work is completed, crews are shifted around and will eventually shift around to the north. The fire retains the potential to impact allotments upriver as the weather pattern shifts to warmer and drier.

Today, an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) and crew will arrive to the fire. The crew will use today to start orienting themselves to the fire area and values at risk. The UAS may be utilized in the future with aerial ignition missions. Because of  this, there is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) in place over the fire. The TFR is in effect through 0800 on July 13 and may be found https://tinyurl.com/2maa9n5x.

The Dugan Fire (#354) is located approximately 20 miles east of Manley Hot Springs. Eight smokejumpers are currently assigned to the fire. Firefighters are making rapid progress and have hose lays installed. Temperatures today will be in the low 80’s with relative humidity levels at 30% and dropping lower tomorrow.

Overall, fire managers are monitoring 37 other fires in the Tanana Zone and will staff those fires if conditions warrant.

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-BLM-

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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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