After the Yukon Creek Fire (#296) burning north of the Salcha River picked up new life over the weekend, 12 smokejumpers deployed Monday night to protect nearby cabins.
AK Fire Info
Slash piles near Cripple Creek, Goldstream AK subdivisions to burn
The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection (DOF) will burn hundreds of piles of black spruce slash cut in recent years as part of a Fairbanks North Star Borough wildfire mitigation program that created fuel breaks next to the… Read More ›
Two lightning starts west of Tok reported and a wind driven fire in Delta Junction leads to evacuations
Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department responded to a mobile home fire off Nistler Road on Wednesday evening. Driven by strong, gusty winds, the Nistler Fire (#648) was rapidly spreading into the surrounding wildlands. Initial responders alerted residents in the area… Read More ›
Visibility and cleanliness improved at Chena River State Recreation Site
The Chena River State Recreation Site located in Fairbanks has been closed to the public since 2020. The Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection was tasked in early August with removing fuels that had accumulated by thinning and trimming… Read More ›
Last crew leaves the Clear Fire
Size: 73,284 | Completion: 91% | Personnel: 51 | Cause: Natural, lightning The Division of Forestry and Fire Protection Type 2 White Mountain Initial Attack Crew is demobilizing off the Clear Fire (#346) today, Monday, after completing the last of… Read More ›
Suppression repair on Clear Fire finalized Sunday
Size: 73,284 | Completion: 91% | Personnel: 52 | Cause: Natural, lightning The total acreage of the Clear Fire (#346) has increased a little over 1,000 acres to 73,284. The geographic information section has been able to better map the… Read More ›
Rain dampens suppression repair on Clear Fire
Size: 73,284 | Completion: 91% | Personnel: 64 | Cause: Natural, lightning A widespread, steady rain fell across the Clear Fire (#346) area Friday night and continued Saturday morning. “Its just the right amount of rain,” Alaska Division of Forestry… Read More ›
Yukon Flats wildfires remain very active second day in row
Wildfires in the Yukon Flats exhibited extreme fire behavior Thursday for the second day in a row – prompting smokejumpers to conduct burn operations to protect two Native allotments and a cabin.
Rain and hail reported on Clear Fire as crews demobilize
Size: 72,191 | Completion: 77% | Personnel: 98 | Cause: Natural, lightning Rain and hail were reported Thursday on the Clear Fire (#346). Two to three inches of rain was recorded on several portions of the fire while other areas… Read More ›
Wildfires show extreme behavior in northeastern Alaska due to dry, warm conditions
While rains have swept through a majority of Alaska, they have largely avoided northeastern Alaska which remains the warmest, driest part of the state. The area hasn’t seen a new fire since July 29, but existing wildfires in the Yukon Flats remain very active while other fires in the rest of the state are largely dormant.
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 