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• Fire danger remains high, Red Flag warnings in effect

  By m1clark on May 23, 2015

  

  May 23, 2015 – Continued warm, dry weather is keeping fire danger high in portions of the Interior and Southcentral Alaska through this evening. Red Flag warnings for low humidity remain in effect for the Yukon Flats and surrounding uplands, Middle… Read More ›

• Fuels and Fire Behavior Advisory

  By m1clark on May 22, 2015

  

  May 22, 2015 – A fuels and fire behavior advisory has been issued for the Tanana Valley, Upper Yukon Valley and Copper River Basin.  Early unseasonably warm and very dry weather have combined with dry pre-green fuels across a portion… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers catch fire on Top of the World Highway

  By m1clark on May 22, 2015

  May 22, 12:30 p.m. – The border station at Boundary reported a fire to Tok Forestry Thursday afternoon. A structure fire had spread into the wildland. A load of eight smokejumpers, air attack and Tanker-55 were dispatched to the Woods… Read More ›