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Swan Lake Fire – Cooper Landing is in “SET” Status
10:00 pm – Cooper Landing is in a SET status because of fire activity. The fire has crossed Resurrection Trail and is near Slaughter and Slate Creeks, about two miles from Cooper Landing. Cooper Landing is in a SET status…. Read More ›
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Swan Lake Fire – Cooper Landing at “Set”
8//26/19 8:00 PM STERLING HIGHWAY SWAN LAKE FIRE UPDATE The Sterling Highway is now closed at the Y at the intersection of the Sterling Highway and the Seward Highway to allow people leaving Cooper Landing to get out. Cooper Landing… Read More ›
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Law Enforcement Officers Assist Two Motorists Overnight on the Sterling Highway
August 26, 2019 – Law enforcement officers from Kenai National Wildlife Refuges assisted two motorists last night as they were managing traffic on the Sterling Highway on a stretch of road where smoke and flames from the Swan Lake Fire… Read More ›
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McKinley Fire Re-Entry: Safety Officer Tom Greiling on the Hazards Property Owners are Facing as they Return Home
Please be advised, recently burned areas are very dangerous. Fire burns deeply in extremely dry duff layers and has weakened many trees that continue falling unexpectedly. Ash pits have caused minor burn injuries to firefighters. Ash pits are deep holes… Read More ›
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Swan Lake Fire Operations Update
With favorable winds at their backs, firefighters on the Swan Lake Fire began “burnout” operations along a section of the Sterling Highway at about 2:30 p.m. today. Hot shot crews using drip torches are methodically lighting unburned fuel on the… Read More ›
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McKinley Fire Update 08-26-19: Evacuation Levels Lowered at 12:00 PM
#McKinleyFire 08-26-19 12:00PM The Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team, responsible for managing the McKinley Fire, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough have coordinated to lower current evacuation levels. The “Level 3 – Go” residents who were evacuated last Sunday, August 17th, will… Read More ›
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Swan Lake Fire – Aug. 26
Travel Delays Remain Likely Along Sterling Highway The status of the Sterling Highway is subject to change at any time. Closure information is available at 511.alaska.gov, kpoem.com, and on Facebook at KPB Alerts. A travel plan for these delays is… Read More ›
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Smoke Outlook for 8/26 – 8/27
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued an Air Quality Advisory in effect through Monday afternoon for the Susitna Valley, Kenai Peninsula, and includes the Copper River Valley. Southcentral Alaska is being impacted by the smoke from multiple wildfires… Read More ›
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Another successful day on the Deshka Landing Fire
CURRENT SITUATION: Sunday was a productive day on the Deshka Landing Fire. The excavators that were brought in this week to build line through a very difficult and dangerous area on the southern end of the fire have completed their… Read More ›
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McKinley Fire Morning Update: 08-26-19
Acreage: 3,332 Containment: 46% Personnel: 449 Start Date: 8/17/2019 In the past two days, containment has increased from 11 percent to 46 percent. A community meeting will be held at the Willow Elementary School Tuesday, August 27 at 6:30 p.m. Fire managers and… Read More ›
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