Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AT GALENA FIRES Contact Us: galenafires2015@gmail.com or http://inciweb.gov/incident/4327/ Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena… Read More ›
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Long Lake Fire update, July 5
Long Lake Fire Update Basic Information Incident Commander Christ Bennett T4 IC CONTACT: Rita Baysinger, PIO (303)0345-08576 tokareafires@gmail.com Incident Type: Wildfire Cause: Lightning Date of Origin: Monday June 20, 2015 approx. 4:05 PM Location: Directly south of the town of… Read More ›
Tetlin Hills Fire update , July 5
Smoke Could Be on the Horizon from the Tetlin Hills Fire CONTACT: Rita Baysinger, PIO, 303-345-8576 tokareafires@gmail.com (Tok, AK) – The weather in the Upper Tanana is drying out and heating up. With that change comes the possibility of increased… Read More ›
Yukon Flats wildland fire roundup Sunday, July 5
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 ›
Tok Area Fires (Tetlin Hills, Long Lake) update, July 5
Tok Area Active Fires as of July 5, 2015 403 Tetlin Hills Start Date: 6/20/15 Acreage: 1,800 no change Mgmt.Option: Full Fuels continued to dry. Another type 2 IA Crew came today and will be shuttled to the fire in… Read More ›
Tanana Area Fire updates, July 5
Tanana Area Fire Update Roger Staats’ North Idaho Incident Management Team (IMT) began managing these fires June 22 and has an Incident Command Post (ICP) located at the Tanana school. Facts at a Glance TOTAL ACRES: 235,783 Spicer Creek (6… Read More ›
Anaconda Creek and West Fork Fires update, July 5
Rob Allen, Incident Commander SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4321/ Facebook: Anaconda Creek Fire E-mail: anacondacreekfire@gmail.com Quick Facts Incident Summary Approximate Acreage Anaconda: 1091 acres West Fork: 231 acres Fire Containment Anaconda: 68 % West Fork: 100 % Start Date: June 20,… Read More ›
Healy Lake Fire and Michigan Creek Fire update, July 5
Southern Area Gold Team Sunday, July 5, 2015 9:00 AM Fire Information Office – 907-895-1824 HealyLakeFireInfo@gmail.com Hours of Operation: 9:00 AM. to 9:00 PM. http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4312/ Follow us on Facebook: Healy Lake Fire 2015 Fire Information: Safety Message The 4th of… Read More ›
Southwest Area McGrath Fire updates, July 4
FIRE REPORT, SOUTHWEST AREA Contact: Francis Mitchell, Public Information Officer, SW Area, Div. of Forestry Ph 907 524 0064 fireinfoSWS@gmail.comSTAFFED FIRES Fire 547 –North Aniak, on the north side of the Kuskokwim river has been moving west toward Upper Kalskag…. Read More ›
Additional Alaska Fires update, July 4
The fire situation in Alaska is very dynamic at this time Statewide Fire Summary: 2 new fires with .4 acres burned 36 staffed fires with 341,994 acres burned 261 monitored fires with 1,921,674 acres burned As of today (Saturday, July… Read More ›