The 310-acre Caribou Creek Fire east of Fairbanks was 70 percent contained as of Friday morning, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. Firefighters continue working toward full containment on the fire burning north of Chena Hot Springs Road near… Read More ›
Smoke from the Swan Lake Fire, and other wildfires burning throughout Alaska, is impacting air quality throughout the Kenai Peninsula. The level of impact changes daily and sometimes hourly based on wind direction, wind speed, and topography. A dense smoke… Read More ›
June 28, 2019 Fire StatisticsLocation: 12 Miles northeast of Livengood Start Date: June 21Size: 45,000 acresContainment: 0% Total Personnel: 20 Cause: Lightning Current Situation: The Nevada Type 3 Incident Management Team (IMT) 2 was assigned to the Hess Creek Fire and took… Read More ›
On Thursday, the Shovel Creek Fire continued to burn actively in black spruce within the Shovel Creek basin. Despite cooler temperatures, increased cloud cover, and light winds, some individual and group tree torching did occur. As of Friday morning, the… Read More ›
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has issued air quality advisories for Southcentral Alaska and for the Central, Eastern, and Western Interior due to smoke from burning wildfires around the state. Air Quality will vary from GOOD to UNHEALTHY depending… Read More ›
Hard work for firefighters in the Tanana Zone in Interior Alaska are paying off. The Zone only picked up one new fire on Thursday, a small, lightning-caused fire on the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, south of the Yukon River between… Read More ›
It was another busy day for firefighters and aircraft on the Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) burning near Salcha as the fire in doubled in size on Thursday to an estimated 116 acres. BLM Alaska Fire Service Military Zone managers expect… Read More ›
Crews worked along natural barriers Thursday to complete the burnout operation along the Sterling Highway and the East Fork Moose River. Firefighters are working along the Sterling Highway achieving a 20-25 feet wide cold line perimeter. Once this is completed… Read More ›
Firefighters are taking steps to assess and protect structures threatened by the 60-acre Ninetyeight Creek Fire (#391) near Salcha. The fire was active this afternoon and was moving toward cabins. Firefighters prioritized the east flank of the fire and used… Read More ›
On Wednesday afternoon, winds from the northeast increased fire activity on the western flank of the Shovel Creek Fire in the Shovel Creek drainage. Due to spotting embers, an 80-acre spot fire grew on the west side of Shovel Creek… Read More ›
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