July 17, 8 p.m. – In the last week dry weather and lightning storms have caused a series of wildfires across the Copper River Basin and in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. Multiple agencies are working to aggressively fight… Read More ›
8 p.m., July 17, 2016 – Cooler temperatures and rains helped moderate fires along the Yukon River corridor and in western Alaska, allowing the BLM Alaska Fire Service to pull people from two fires. No new fires popped up in the… Read More ›
July 17, 6:30 p.m. – Multiple wildfires in Southwest Alaska continue to grow due to windy conditions and lack of rain. A total of 45 fires are burning in the region after days of lightning storms and hot, dry conditions…. Read More ›
July 17, 6:15 p.m. – An aggressive aerial response by the Alaska Division of Forestry has slowed the spread of a wildfire burning near the McHugh Creek Trail along the Seward Highway just south of Anchorage and firefighters have begun… Read More ›
Tok, Alaska, 2pm –The lightning-caused Tok River wildfire is now 18% contained. The Alaska Interagency Type 2 Incident Management Team is in place and managing the Tok River Fire while assisting the Tok Area Forestry with initial attack responsibilities. Four… Read More ›
July 17, Noon – The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a 25-acre wildfire in the McHugh Creek drainage south of Anchorage, about three-quarters of a mile off the Seward Highway. The fire was reported to the Anchorage Fire… Read More ›
Tok, Alaska – The Alaska Interagency Type 2 Incident Management Team with Incident Commander Tom Kurth, assumed management of the Tok River Fire at 8 a.m. today. The team’s presence brings additional resources, including aviation assets and ground crews… Read More ›
July 16, 2016 – The BLM Alaska Fire Service has been busy with fires along the Yukon River corridor that were threatening structures upriver from Rampart and burning near a Bible camp downriver from Tanana. A load of eight smokejumpers… Read More ›
July 16, 7:30 p.m. – Alaska Division of Forestry fire managers on Saturday evaluated the approximately 40 lightning-caused fires burning in Southwest Alaska and deployed firefighters to two fires. A helitack crew from McGrath flew into the area of the… Read More ›
July 16, 2016 – BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers caught a fire burning north of the Elliott Highway near Minto Friday. The Starvation Creek Fire (#527) was spotted by an agency aircraft at 7:20 p.m. Friday while it was flying… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 