UPDATE 7:30 P.M. An aggressive aerial attack has helped tamp down an emerging wildfire off Brock Road in North Pole. Retardant-dropping air tankers and water bombing aircraft have pacified the upstart Brock Road Fire after it ballooned in size from… Read More ›
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Munson Creek Fire south of Chena Hot Springs behaving with cooler, cloudier weather
Start Date: 06/18/2021 Location: 4 miles S of Chena Hot Springs Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 329 acres Containment: 0% Total Personnel: 20 Cloud cover and high relative humidity on Saturday morning kept fire activity and growth minimal on a wildfire burning… Read More ›
Firefighters conduct successful burn out on Dry Creek Fire south of Manley Hot Springs
Firefighters successfully conducted a burn operation to protect Native allotments along the Tanana River Friday from the advancing Dry Creek Fire. Due to the fire’s progress and rapid growth to the northwest in recent days, fire managers decided to take action to protect the two properties near the confluence of the Tanana River and Hot Springs Slough. The fire is now estimated at 26,000 acres. It is still south of the Tanana River.
About Mountain Fire containment is 100% – all female McGrath warehouse crew thanked for support
Acres: 2,179 Containment: 100% Personnel assigned: 35 Pioneer Peak Hotshots worked along the Kuskokwim River yesterday mopping up the remaining areas of heat along the fireline. At the end of shift, Type 3 Incident Commander Pat Johnson stated… Read More ›
Munson Creek Fire grows to 300 acres but cooler, cloudier weather curbs fire behavior
A wildfire burning just south of Chena Hot Springs had grown to an estimated 300 acres as of Friday morning and continues crawling north toward the hot springs but cooler, cloudier weather on Friday was tempering fire activity compared to… Read More ›
’99 prescribed fire in Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed stopped Haystack Fire’s spread
The Haystack Fire (#196) is a lightning-caused fire burning in the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed, managed by the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The watershed is closed to public access, reserving the area for research… Read More ›
Firefighters consider burn operations to protect Native allotment from Dry Creek Fire
Due to the Dry Creek Fire’s progress to the northwest near the Tanana River in recent days, fire managers are considering taking additional steps to protect a Native allotment from the encroaching fire. If conditions allow, firefighters could conduct a burn operation as early as today to protect the allotment that sits near the confluence of the Tanana River and Hot Springs Slough.
5-day patrol ends with little fire activity observed on fires burning east of Dalton Highway near Arctic Circle
Three firefighters finished a five-day Dalton Highway patrol Thursday to keep tabs on a couple of fires burning near the Arctic Circle about 190 miles north of Fairbanks. The Dalton Highway gang of BLM Alaska Fire Service Fire Specialist Jacob… Read More ›
Munson Creek Fire south of Chena Hot Springs grows to 150 acres but still no threat
A wildfire burning 5 miles south of Chena Hot Springs has grown to an estimated 150 acres as of Thursday afternoon and continues to put up a significant afternoon smoke column visible from Chena Hot Springs Resort and Chena Hot… Read More ›
Wind pushes the Dry Creek Fire four miles to the northwest
Strong southeasterly winds pushed the northern edge of the Dry Creek Fire (#195) four miles to the northwest toward the Tanana River Wednesday afternoon. The fire will likely continue to be active today due to the forecasted dry, windy weather…. Read More ›
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