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Firefighters make progress securing allotments on the Roundabout Complex

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Flagstaff Hotshots improved the fireline on the north side of the Moldy Fire (#279) and worked to slow fire movement threatening allotments and values to the north and east. Helitack helped to secure the northern edge and identified hose and other equipment for backhaul. The Midnight Sun Hotshot Crew made good progress protecting allotments on the south and east edges.

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 crews will continue to mop up and secure fire lines around allotments in the northern and southern divisions. The Midnight Suns will engage the fire edge near the GCI tower serving Huslia, flag allotments to the north of the river, and identify supplies for backhaul. No injuries, accidents or changes to evacuation levels were reported. This will be the last update on the Roundabout Complex without significant changes to fire conditions or weather.     

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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