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BLM Issues Fire Prohibitions for Federal Lands near Gilmore Trail
June 8, 2016 – The Bureau of Land Management’s Eastern Interior Field Office has issued a Fire Prevention Order, effective at 12:01 a.m. today, prohibiting campfires, explosives and fireworks on federal lands in a fire-prone area of black spruce off Gilmore Trail north of Fairbanks. In… Read More ›
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AFS Hotshots concentrate on protection of camp, Native allotments from fire in Western Alaska
June 6, 2016 – A fire burning in Western Alaska is now estimated at 3,200 acres as firefighting resources have settled in to protect a church camp and Native allotments about nine miles from the fire perimeter. After the fire… Read More ›
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Smokejumpers, aided by water-dropping aircraft, catch fire burning toward Candle
June 6, 2016 – BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers, aided by two water dropping airplanes, worked into the early morning hours to successfully catch a fire that was marching toward Candle Sunday night. Residents in Candle first reported the fire at… Read More ›
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BLM Alaska Fire Service fights fire near Russian Mission
June 3, 2016 – The BLM Alaska Fire Service is busy battling a fire burning about 19 miles north of Russian Mission. There is a good amount of mountainous terrain between the fire and Russian Mission to keep the flames… Read More ›
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Fire burns south of central Yukon River
June 2, 2016 — People living in central Yukon River villages may see smoke from a new fire burning in the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. The Big Mud Fire, burning 55 miles southwest of Tanana, was discovered yesterday by civilian aircraft…. Read More ›
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Prescribed Burn in Yukon Training Area
May 27, 2016 Starting as early as Saturday and as weather and conditions allow, the BLM Alaska Fire Service .and U.S. Army Alaska will implement a prescribed fire in the Yukon Training Area, located approximately 35 miles east of Fairbanks. The… Read More ›
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Motorists May See Smoke From Prescribed Fires Scheduled Near Fairbanks
Motorists on the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and North Pole may see smoke from multiple prescribed burns on Fort Wainwright starting as early as tomorrow. As weather conditions permit, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service will assist… Read More ›
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Alaska Fire Service EFF Spring Training Kicks Off This Weekend
April 8, 2016 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Emergency Firefighters return each year fresh from their time off to prepare for the new fire season. Before they can step into the vast Alaska landscape to engage wildland fires, they must first take… Read More ›
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Prescribed Burn Near Delta Junction
As weather conditions allow, the U.S. Army Alaska, with the assistance of the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service, will conduct multiple prescribed burns on military land approximately five miles south of Delta Junction starting this weekend. Ignition on the Jarvis Creek Project… Read More ›
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Alaska wildland fire update
May 18, 2015 6:58 a.m.. The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center (AICC) reports 125 fires have burned 3,681.2 acres statewide this year. Refer to the AICC Situation Report for additional information: http://fire.ak.blm.gov/content/aicc/sitreport/current.pdf. Fire-related news releases are posted at https://akfireinfo.com/information/media-releases/.
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 