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Wildland Fire Roundup for Monday, June 1st
12:00 p.m. – The weather picture around the state is decidedly mixed, with everything from snow and rain reported in parts of Northern Alaska and the Interior to Red Flag Warnings in portions of the Interior and Western Alaska. Sixteen… Read More ›
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Wildland Fire roundup for Saturday, May 30th
11:30 a.m. – The military reported a fire off of the Oklahoma Impact Area 25 miles west of Delta Junction Friday evening. Smokejumpers along with air attack, tankers and scooper planes responded to suppress the 20-acre fire. The Alaska Fire… Read More ›
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Wildland Fire Roundup for Friday, May 29th
12:00 p.m. — A change in the weather will help moderate fire danger in the Interior over the next few days, while southern areas of the state will see warmer temperatures, lower humidity, and an increase in fire potential Several… Read More ›
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Wildland fire roundup for Thursday, May 28th
The BLM Alaska Smokejumpers and the Midnight Sun Interagency Hotshot Crew successfully completed the first part of their burnout operation on the Seventy Mile Fire 10 miles northwest of Eagle. The burnout is planned to be completed today, weather permitting…. Read More ›
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Wildland Fire Roundup – Wednesday, May 27th
12:00 p.m. — Weather systems have been moving across Alaska bringing cooler temperatures with scattered showers and higher levels of relative humidity. Despite this, fire danger still remains high for many parts of the state. Of the 31 active fires… Read More ›
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Seventy Mile Fire
The Seventy Mile Fire near Eagle, Alaska on Sunday, 5-24. The 200-acre fire was caused by lightning. The fire is moving to the northwest, away from Eagle and no structures or allotments are threatened at this time. BLM-AFS Photos/Chris Swisher… Read More ›
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Wildland Fire Roundup – Have a safe Memorial Day!
May 25, 2015 – Light rain and higher humidity have helped moderate the fire danger in parts of the state. However, lightning storms with little-to-no rain in the Eastern Interior sparked several fires in the Eagle area yesterday. Red… Read More ›
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Wildland Fire Roundup
May 24, 2015 – The continued warm, dry weather is keeping fire danger high in much of the state this Memorial Day Weekend. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for the Yukon Flats and surrounding uplands, the Fortymile country, Deltana-Tanana… Read More ›
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Additional Resources Arrive in Alaska
May 23, 2015 – Because of the high fire danger in Alaska, additional firefighting resources were brought to Alaska this week, including two air tankers, one water-scooping aircraft and 16 smokejumpers from BLM Boise, Idaho.
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Wildland Fire Roundup
May 23, 2015 – Crews are continuing their suppression efforts on a number of fires around the state. As a result, active fires saw little to no growth since yesterday. The Seaton Roadhouse Fire, burning near milepost 1234 of the Alaska… Read More ›
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