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Firefighters continue to prepare and protect allotments on the north and south fronts of the Roundabout Complex’s Moldy Fire

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The Moldy Fire (#279) saw a third day of minimal fire behavior with no growth or movement to report. The Midnight Sun hotshot crew arrived yesterday to prepare and protect allotments in the southern division. The northern division is repositioning to protect allotments and other values to the north and east.

Image shows a map of the 75,083-acre Roundabout Complex for July 17, 2025. Map is mostly green with pink areas identifying individual fires. The Caribou Fire is in the northeast. The Moldy and Richards Fires are in the southwest. The Billy Hawk and Billy Hawk 2 Fires are in the northwest. The Moldy Fire is the largest on the map, at 72,431 acres.
Click image for downloadable map of the Roundabout Complex last updated July 17, 2025.

Moldy Fire (#279) – Today’s objectives include mopping up and securing impacted allotments and locating and retrieving damaged equipment. A refueling mission in cooperation with the Goldrun Complex #904 is being coordinated. No changes to the evacuation levels were reported.  

Caribou Fire (#128), Richards Fire (#251), Billy Hawk Fire (#182), and Billy Hawk 2 Fire (#191) – No changes reported. All four fires remain in monitor status with no new activity.

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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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