Firefighters completed mop-up work on a wildfire about 15 miles southwest of Fairbanks on Friday. All 62 personnel that remained on the 116-acre Livingston Fire (#113) were flown off the fire early Friday afternoon after it was declared 100 percent… Read More ›
Wildfire activity in Alaska continues to escalate as a result of thousands of lightning strikes in the western and southwestern parts of the state. Many of the new fires detected Wednesday are in remote areas designated as Limited protection zones and pose… Read More ›
The BLM Alaska Fire Service is working on a 15-acre fire burning 22 miles northwest of Fort Yukon. On Wednesday, a load of eight smokejumpers, two water-scooping Fire Bosses and an air attack airplane used to coordinate the fire suppression… Read More ›
Dozens of firefighters continued mopping up a lightning-caused wildfire about 15 miles southwest of Fairbanks on Tuesday while others were kept busy chasing small, lightning-caused fires around the Fairbanks area. As of Wednesday morning, there were still 84 firefighting personnel… Read More ›
BLM Alaska Fire Service firefighters are mopping up a trio of fires Wednesday including one that had threatened Huslia Tuesday evening. Lightning continues to be the main component of new fire starts for the past three days. There were 28… Read More ›
After a slow start due to a cool and extended spring, Alaska’s wildfire season has begun in earnest as a result of warmer temperatures that has produced thousands of lightning strikes across the state the past two days. A total… Read More ›
The BLM Alaska Fire Service is busy battling a fire threatening the village of Huslia. The Long Lake Fire (#150) was spotted at 4:34 p.m. Tuesday by a BLM AFS firefighter aboard an aircraft shuttling supplies and personnel from Galena… Read More ›
Fire managers with the Alaska Division of Forestry on Tuesday reported at least five new lightning-caused wildfires in the Southwest Area around McGrath and are anticipating more new starts to pop up as a result of lightning activity the past… Read More ›
BLM Alaska Fire Service personnel are working on four fires spread from one end of the state of the other. After spending roughly five hours traveling about 575 miles Monday evening to reach the Tusikpak Lake Fire (#116) burning near… Read More ›
The Alaska Division of Forestry continues to work on containing two lightning-caused wildfires – one that started Sunday southwest of Fairbanks and one that started Monday north of Talkeetna. The 116-acre Livingston Fire about 15 miles southwest of Fairbanks is… Read More ›
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