Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size: 927 acres Containment: 30% Total Personnel: 249 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
(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – The Haystack Fire (#196) is smoldering and creeping in the dry duff, leaves and needles covering the forest floor. Crews have detected heat up to 12 inches deep in the duff on the south end of the fire, while on the… Read More ›
With structure protection in place for more than a dozen cabins and outbuildings in the potential path of the About Mountain Fire, firefighters battling the nearly 2,100-acre wildfire in Southwest Alaska are turning their attention to building control lines and… Read More ›
Moderated fire activity allowed a better survey of the fire area providing a revised estimate of acreage to be 927. Fire Size: 927 acres Containment: 30% Total Personnel: 204 Start Date: 06/14/2021 Location: 18 miles N of Fairbanks, AK Cause: Lightning Public Information: (907) 931- 8113 Email: 2021.Haystack@firenet.gov ♦inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/7548 ♦ http://www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry
100% containment has been reached for the #LoonLakeFire. This is the final update from Incident Commander Bryan Quimby as the fire transitions to Type 4 Incident Commander Kyle McNally will occur at noon today. We truly thank the communities for… Read More ›
Cool, humid conditions continue to assist firefighters constructing and improving containment line around the Haystack Fire (#196). Dozers are making slow progress on the north end, working from east to west. Containment remains at 30%, with line in place along… Read More ›
After a good day of work by firefighters and water-dropping aircraft, another crew will be added to help extinguish Little Albert Creek Fire burning about 5 miles west of Central. The eight smokejumpers on the fire are headed back to Fairbanks to rejoin the smokejumper pool available to quickly respond to new fires. Meanwhile, the 20-person Snake River Valley #12 Type 2 Initial Attack Crew from Oregon is enroute and will join the BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshots working to extinguish the fire.
Firefighters have finished protection work on more than a dozen cabins and outbuildings in the path of the nearly 2,100-acre About Mountain Fire burning along the Kuskokwim River about 6 miles south of McGrath, while also working to build containment… Read More ›
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).
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