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 ›
Two crews continue to mop up the 24-acre Straight Creek Fire (#244) north of the Parks Highway near Mile 325. The fire located 2 miles north of the highway behind Skinny Dick’s bar was 20 percent contained as of Tuesday… Read More ›
Firefighters on foot and in packrafts continued accessing hard-to-reach areas of the 2,135-acre About Mountain Fire near McGrath in southwest Alaska on Monday to boost containment of the fire located 6 miles south of McGrath along the Kuskokwim River. Containment… Read More ›
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