Alaska Team’s Operations Planning Section Chief, Jason Devcich with todays Operational Update for the #HaystackFire Fire Size: 897 acres Containment: 30% Total Personnel: 136 Start Date: 06/14/2021 Cause: Lightning Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Public Information: (907) 356- 5511 Email: 2021.Haystack@firenet.gov inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7548 ♦http://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry
The Dry Creek Fire and Zitziana River Fire burning south of Manley Hot Springs merged on Thursday and have burned an estimated 7,200 total acres. The fire is now considered the Dry Creek Fire (#195).
Update from Type 3 Incident Commander Torrey Short with the news that 100% containment is estimated for sometime this weekend. Current Containment: 80% Acres: 102 Personnel: 59 Weather: cloudy and cooler today The UAF Wildland Fire Crew Nanooks Wildland Fire… Read More ›
Alaska Division of Forestry initial attack firefighters constructed containment line to reach around 30 percent of the Haystack Fire (#196) before transferring command to the Alaska Incident Management Team early this morning. Since responding on Tuesday, forestry crews along with… Read More ›
The combination of moderated weather, marshy terrain and work from eight smokejumpers and water-dropping aircraft Thursday helped subdue the Little Albert Creek Fire (#206) burning five miles west of Central. The fire was estimated at 350 acres and burning mostly in tussock tundra and brush.
Take a closer look at how fireline and hose lays look once constructed and completed. This field report from Tuesday brings you right to the Loon Lake Fire 10 miles northeast of Sterling, Alaska. Containment of this 102 acre fire… Read More ›
More firefighters are slated to arrive in Manley Hot Springs today to start working on the pair of lightning-caused fires burning about a quarter mile apart south of the Tanana River. One of the five firefighting hand crews arriving in… Read More ›
Hard work by firefighters and a small army of bulldozer operators has helped bring the Haystack Fire to 40% containment, and that was before the fire received rain on Thursday morning. Fire managers report the fire burning about 20… Read More ›
Containment increased to 70 percent on the Loon Lake Fire yesterday as the Pioneer Peak Hotshots and Gannett Glacier Crew completed cutting a fire break around the perimeter of the 102-acre fire, fire managers with the Alaska Division of Forestry… Read More ›
The BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshot Crew will mobilize Thursday morning for a new fire burning 7 miles west of Central. The Little Albert Creek Fire (#206) was estimated at 100 acres Wednesday evening and rapidly spreading through tundra and brush. The fire is not immediately threatening any structures or other sites of value. It is burning about two miles north of the Steese Highway at milepost 120.
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