Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 924 acres Containment: 71% Total Personnel: 301 (Fairbanks, AK) – A Red Flag is in effect for the Fairbanks area, including Haystack Mountain, due to forecasted… Read More ›
The combination of effort on the ground and from the air was successful in catching several northwestern fires before they could impact nearby Native allotments or structures. This, coupled isolated thunderstorms that accompanied the lightning that is to blame for… Read More ›
This video is a recorded version of the community meeting that gathered on Tuesday, June 22nd to address any questions or concerns about the Haystack Fire. Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size:… Read More ›
Firefighters from the Fairbanks Area Forestry station have been helicoptered in to clear trees around a shelter cabin on the Angel Rocks to Chena Hot Springs Trail in the Chena River State Recreation area to protect it from an 80-acre… Read More ›
Containment of the 2,135-acre About Mountain Fire near McGrath in southwest Alaska climbed to 84 percent Tuesday as firefighters continued accessing hard-to-reach areas of the fire in hopes of getting the fire fully contained before high winds arrive today and… Read More ›
Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 924 acres Containment: 66% Total Personnel: 259 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
Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 924 acres Containment: 66% Total Personnel: 259 (Fairbanks, AK)- Fire crews, along with aviation and heavy equipment resources have put in a substantial amount of work along the perimeter of the Haystack Fire (#196) which has been reflected by an increase of containment to 66%. Hotshot crews assigned will be focused more on the southern… Read More ›
A wave of lightning moved across the northwestern part of the state Tuesday afternoon, triggering about a dozen new fires from Galena north to the Noatak River Valley. Some of the new fires drew quick response from smokejumpers, water-scooping aircraft and another aircraft to help coordinate the suppression efforts and relaying situational information back to BLM AFS Galena Zone fire managers in Galena.
Smoke from two large lightning-caused tundra fires burning north of Kotzebue is impacting surrounding villages to the south. The Noatak River Fire (#232) burning in the Noatak National Preserve 120 miles northeast of Kotzebue grew significantly over the past few… Read More ›
A hotshot crew is nearing full containment of the 6-acre George Lake Fire (#225) located approximately 40 miles southeast of Delta Junction. The fire was reported to be 85 percent contained as of Tuesday morning and the 20-person Baker River… Read More ›
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