July 15, 1 p.m. – The Alaska Division of Forestry and BLM Alaska Fire Service are in the process of gathering information on the large number of wildfires around the state that have been started by lightning strikes the past… Read More ›
AK Fire Info
Tok River Fire still being held south of Tok River and Tok Cutoff
July 14, 10:45 p.m. – A 200-acre wildfire burning near Tok remains south of the Tok Cutoff Highway and south of the Tok River and state fire managers are hoping to keep it that way. The Tok River Fire is… Read More ›
Intensity of wildfire near cabins on Salcha River lessens, but still poses threat
July 14, 9:45 p.m. – A lightning-caused wildfire threatening multiple cabins on the Salcha River is now estimated at 175 acres but the intensity of the fire has diminished due to cloud cover and higher relative humidity as a result… Read More ›
Rapidly growing wildfire near Tok closing in on Tok Cutoff Highway
A rapidly growing wildfire approximately 8 miles southeast of Tok is moving toward the Tok Cutoff Highway and firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry are doing everything they can to keep it south of the Tok River and reaching… Read More ›
Firefighers attacking wildfire threatening several cabins on Salcha River
July 14, 6:30 p.m. – Firefighters are attacking a lightning-caused wildfire threatening several cabins on the Salcha River south of Fairbanks, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The Mid Salcha Fire was reported at around 4:30 p.m. and had grown… Read More ›
Hot weather, 18,000 lightning strikes behind uptick in fire activity
July 14, 2016 – High temperatures coupled with more than 18,000 lightning strikes throughout Alaska in the past two days resulted in 43 new ignitions and increased activity on already burning fires with more of the same anticipated this evening…. Read More ›
Air tanker, engines and UAF crew responding to wildfire near 8 Mile Elliott Highway
The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a small wildfire near 8 Mile of the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks. Two engines and a helicopter from the Fairbanks Area forestry office are on scene working on the Vault Creek… Read More ›
Lightning strikes ignite more than 40 new fires across Interior
Lightning strikes sparked more than three dozen new wildfires across the Interior on Wednesday afternoon and more fires are being reported Thursday as a result of those strikes. The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center in Fairbanks reported almost 7,200 lightning strikes… Read More ›
Still Potential for a Fire Season
Noatak, Alaska: The Alaskan fire season this summer has not seen the number or extent of wildfires that occurred last summer which has been due partly to the heavy amount of precipitation that we have seen over the last few… Read More ›
Retardant tankers slow spread of lightning-caused wildfire burning near Tok Cutoff
July 13, 8 p.m. – The spread of a lightning-caused wildland fire burning near Mile 50 of the Tok Cutoff has been slowed with assistance from air retardant tankers. The 40-acre Cutoff Fire was less than a mile from the… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 