EAGLE, Alaska: Last weekend’s lightning storm ignited seven fires within the boundaries of Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. The largest is the Kandik River Fire, estimated to be 559 acres as of late Tuesday. It is located approximately 5 miles north… Read More ›
Wildland firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Mat-Su Area office are mopping up a 3.2-acre grass fire reported in the Point MacKenzie area Tuesday night. The fire was reported by a pilot near Mile 17 of Point MacKenzie Road… Read More ›
The 818-acre Tetlin River Fire near Tok is now 75 percent contained and management of the fire is scheduled to be turned over to the local Tok Area State Forestry office on Saturday. As of Tuesday morning, there were still… Read More ›
Wildland fire managers on Monday were still assessing the damage done over the weekend when more than 60 new wildfires were started as a result of approximately 20,000 lightning strikes, mostly in the Interior. Due to the high number of… Read More ›
June 26, 2016 – The BLM Alaska Fire Service was busy with reports of new fires Sunday after approximately 18,000 lightning strikes were recorded throughout Alaska in the past two days. By 10 p.m. Sunday, there were an estimated 37… Read More ›
The 818-acre Tetlin River Fire is now 50 percent contained and crews are continuing mop-up operations on the wildfire approximately 20 miles south of Tok, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The fire received significant precipitation on Sunday, the… Read More ›
Several new wildland fires were reported in Alaska on Saturday as a result of widespread lightning that stretched across the middle of the state from Southwest Alaska to the Canadian border. The state received approximately 8,000 lightning strikes and 18… Read More ›
An aggressive initial attack has knocked down a 40-acre lightning-caused wildfire burning 25 miles north of Fairbanks and crews are now working on keeping the fire contained.The The 2016 Washington Creek Fire was knocked down at approximately 40 acres with… Read More ›
The 818-acre Tetlin River Fire south of Tok is now 25 percent contained and crews continued to increase mop-up depth around the fire on Thursday, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. Firefighters succeeded in getting a hose line put… Read More ›
June 22, 2016 – Due to more accurate mapping, the Tetlin River Fire south of Tok is actually about 200 acres smaller than previously estimated. A mapping mission on Tuesday showed that the fire is actually 818 acres instead of… Read More ›
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