TFR, evacuations rescinded for Nenana Ridge Complex

By 2025 Nenana Ridge Complex on August 8, 2025

Nenana Ridge Complex Update

Aug. 8, 2025

Bonanza Creek Fire (#238): 12,576- acres, 22% containment

Goldstream Creek Fire (#270): 20,471 acres, 47% containment

Personnel: 48

This will be the last daily update for the Nenana Ridge Complex. Future updates will be a part of a periodic statewide roundup that can be found at AKFireInfo.com.

Evacuation Information: All evacuation levels have been removed Friday, Aug. 8th by the Fairbanks North Star Borough and the Alaska Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.

It is important that the public knows that the forest roads in the Nenana Ridge Complex have restricted access. Only fire personnel will be allowed access to these areas due to ongoing fire activities. The following roads and any connecting roads fall under this road restriction; Nenana Ridge Road, Bonanza Creek Road, Maisch Logging Road and the Skinny Dick’s logging roads. Members of the public are asked to stay out of the fire areas due to ongoing safety concerns.

Fire Weather: Friday will be cloudy and cooler with temperatures in the 60s. Showers will move in Friday and continue through the weekend becoming scattered with isolated thunderstorms Sunday.

Fire Update: The Temporary Flight Restriction has been rescinded over the Nenana Ridge Complex. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection Fairbanks 1 Crew continues to find areas of heat, working along Bonanza Creek Road Thursday and will be returning to the same area Friday. Progress has been steady as excavators and dozers continue breaking up dozer berms and rehabbing fire lines. Graders and compactors are working together on forest roads across the complex. Public accessing the fire area is slowing work along narrow roads and along fire lines where heavy equipment is working. For the safety of firefighters and yourself, please stay out of the area.

Heavy equipment covers a fireline with vegetative material in a forested area. — An excavator and dozer spread vegetative materials over a fireline Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, on the Nenana Ridge Complex. This work is done to reduce erosion and runoff. Scattering slash and downed trees on disturbed areas helps promote regrowth, which is essential for stabilizing the soil and providing habitat. DOF Photo

Parks Highway: Pilot car operations are taking place through an active construction zone unrelated to fire activities. For more information about this construction project go to: https://dot.alaska.gov/nreg/parks319to325/. For real-time road updates, visit 511.alaska.gov.

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Public Information Line: (907) 331-0454
Email: 2025.nenanaridgecomplex@firenet.gov