Live – McKinley Fire 10:00pm Evening Update With Breaking News: 67% containment as 565 firefighters work both day and night shifts. This is the “Breaking it Down” session where we address your questions and work to meet your information needs…. Read More ›
10:00 pm – Cooper Landing is in a SET status because of fire activity. The fire has crossed Resurrection Trail and is near Slaughter and Slate Creeks, about two miles from Cooper Landing. Cooper Landing is in a SET status…. Read More ›
8//26/19 8:00 PM STERLING HIGHWAY SWAN LAKE FIRE UPDATE The Sterling Highway is now closed at the Y at the intersection of the Sterling Highway and the Seward Highway to allow people leaving Cooper Landing to get out. Cooper Landing… Read More ›
August 26, 2019 – Law enforcement officers from Kenai National Wildlife Refuges assisted two motorists last night as they were managing traffic on the Sterling Highway on a stretch of road where smoke and flames from the Swan Lake Fire… Read More ›
Please be advised, recently burned areas are very dangerous. Fire burns deeply in extremely dry duff layers and has weakened many trees that continue falling unexpectedly. Ash pits have caused minor burn injuries to firefighters. Ash pits are deep holes… Read More ›
If you’ve not yet subscribed to receive Nixle texts and emails alerting you to issues of immediate public concern such as evacuations and highway closures, we encourage you to do so. Nixle is utilized by emergency service organizations for communicating… Read More ›
With favorable winds at their backs, firefighters on the Swan Lake Fire began “burnout” operations along a section of the Sterling Highway at about 2:30 p.m. today. Hot shot crews using drip torches are methodically lighting unburned fuel on the… Read More ›
#McKinleyFire 08-26-19 12:00PM The Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team, responsible for managing the McKinley Fire, and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough have coordinated to lower current evacuation levels. The “Level 3 – Go” residents who were evacuated last Sunday, August 17th, will… Read More ›
Smokejumpers responding to a new fire reported Sunday evening outside of Ekwok were diverted to another new fire about 7 miles northwest of King Salmon. Rain showers and thunderstorms with light and variable winds were reported in the area as… Read More ›
With several wildfires burning in Southcentral Alaska and high fire danger persisting due to continued warm, dry conditions, Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige announced today that Alaska’s statutory wildfire season will be extended from August 31 to September… Read More ›
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