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• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Thursday, July 9

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 9, 2015

  11:00 a.m. — A roundup of fires in the Yukon Flats area that had updated information from Wednesday. #622 Marten Creek: 44 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon 07/08 Wednesday: Firefighters were demobilized from the fire…. Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Tuesday, July 7

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 7, 2015

  noon–A roundup of fires around the Yukon Flats that have updated information from Monday. #704 Salmon Trout: .1 acres. Discovered on 7/5 via MODIS satellite. 121 miles northwest of Fort Yukon near the Canadian border. 07/06 Monday: Reconnaissance reported the… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Monday, July 6

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 6, 2015

  

  noon–A roundup of fires around the Yukon Flats that have updated information from Sunday #704 Salmon Trout: .1 acres. Discovered on 7/5 via MODIS satellite. 121 miles northwest of Fort Yukon near the Canadian border. 07/05 Sunday: Fire is in… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Sunday, July 5

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 5, 2015

  noon–A roundup of fires around the Yukon Flats that have updated information from Saturday #622 Marten Creek: 44 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon 07/04 Saturday: Firefighters are working on securing and holding the west flank… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Saturday, July 4

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 4, 2015

  

  Noon. A roundup of fires around the Yukon Flats that have updated information from Friday, July 3 #622 Marten Creek: 44 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon Friday: Fire is 75% contained. There were six interior… Read More ›

• Blair and La Grande fire update

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 3, 2015

  

    1:00 p.m.—Cooler temperatures and wetting rains have assisted with the firefighting efforts in the area. The Type 3 Incident Management Team that had been managing the Blair and La Grande fires transitioned the fires to a Type 4 organization… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Thursday, July 2

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 2, 2015

  

  Noon update #622 Marten Creek: 27 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon Wednesday: Firefighters made good progress Wednesday. Fire activity was minimal. Fire is 40% contained. Tuesday: Demobilized four smokejumpers as the Upper Yukon #1 Type… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Wednesday, July 1

  By PIO Sam Harrel on July 1, 2015

  Updated at noon #622 Marten Creek: 27 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon Tuesday: Demobilized four smokejumpers as the Upper Yukon #1 Type 2 Crew arrived. Minimal fire behavior was reported. Monday: Six smokejumpers were deployed… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Monday, June 29

  By PIO Sam Harrel on June 29, 2015

  

  Noon update #622 Marten Creek: 0.5 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon Sunday: A reconnaissance flight revealed the fire was creeping and smoldering with a 70% active perimeter. Saturday: Fire remains in monitor status. Friday: Resources… Read More ›

• Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Sunday, June 28

  By PIO Sam Harrel on June 28, 2015

  noon update #622 Marten Creek: 0.5 acres. Lightning, discovered on 6/24-25 miles northwest of Fort Yukon Saturday: Fire remains in monitor staturs. Friday: Rosources requested for incident but unable to respond do to poor visibility. Another attempt will be made… Read More ›