Firefighters worked late into the night Sunday to suppress a wildfire off Brock Road about 8 ½ miles southeast of Fairbanks and had the fire 95 percent contained as of 1 a.m. Monday. The Brock Road Fire, initially estimated at… Read More ›
AK Fire Info
Control objectives being met on the Haystack Fire
(Fairbanks, AK) – Tomorrow, Tuesday, June 29 will be the final update on the Haystack Fire (#196). The fire is 100 percent contained and the team is working hard to meet control objectives. The incident is expected to be transferred… Read More ›
Quick, aggressive aerial attack helps tame 50-acre wildfire off Brock Road in North Pole
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 ›
Haystack Fire Operational Update for Sunday, June 27, 2021
Alaska Team’s Operational Planing Section Chief, Jason Devcich with Today’s Operational update for the #HaystackFire Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 927 acres Containment: 100% Total Personnel: 264 Public Information: (907) 931- 8113 Email: 2021.Haystack@firenet.gov http://www.akfireinfo.com ♦inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7548 ♦ http://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry #2021AlaskaFireSeason #FireYear2021
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 ›
Haystack Fire Crews gridding, mop up and IA ready
Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 927 acres Containment: 100% Total Personnel: 264 (Fairbanks, AK) – With the Haystack Fire (#196) containment line complete, crews are focusing on control objectives, searching for hot… 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 ›
Haystack Fire Operational Update for Saturday, June 26, 2021
Alaska Team’s Operational Planing Section Chief, Jason Devcich with Today’s Operational update for the #HaystackFire Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 924 acres Containment: 100% Total Personnel: 250 Public Information: (907) 931- 8113 Email: 2021.Haystack@firenet.gov http://www.akfireinfo.com ♦inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7548 ♦ http://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry #2021AlaskaFireSeason #FireYear2021
Drone Pilots seek out Hotspots on the Haystack Fire
Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 924 acres Containment: 100% Total Personnel: 250 (Fairbanks, AK) – Late last night, Incident Commander, Ed Sanford, announced crews have reached 100 percent containment on the Haystack… Read More ›
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