May 22, 1:55 p.m.– The Alaska Division of Forestry continues actively monitoring the five small fires east of Healy that began earlier this week from smoldering coal seams. On Thursday, the Type 3 Incident Commander Clinton Northway surveyed all five… Read More ›
More than 120 firefighters are still working to contain the Seaton Roadhouse Fire along the Alaska Highway near the Canadian border south of Tok The fire grew by only 20 acres on Thursday and was listed at 338 acres as… Read More ›
May 22, 12:30 p.m. – The border station at Boundary reported a fire to Tok Forestry Thursday afternoon. A structure fire had spread into the wildland. A load of eight smokejumpers, air attack and Tanker-55 were dispatched to the Woods… Read More ›
Contact: Morgan Warthin, Public Affairs Officer, 743.9444, mwarthin@fs.fed.us Anchorage: As Memorial Day Weekend approaches, Chugach National Forest alerts recreationists that fire danger is high in areas of the forest near Cooper Landing, Moose Pass, Hope and Girdwood. Forest wildland fire… Read More ›
Fairbanks, Alaska — With extreme fire danger levels around much of the state and no relief in sight heading into the Memorial Day Weekend, wildfire officials in Alaska urge extreme caution with any kind of activity that could spark a… Read More ›
With extreme fire danger levels throughout eastern interior Alaska, and no relief in sight heading into the Memorial Day Weekend, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is asking visitors and residents to be diligent and use caution with all activities… Read More ›
May 21, 11:20 a.m. – A wildfire burning along the Alaska Highway near the Canadian border grew to more than 300 acres overnight Wednesday but aggressive initial attack efforts by firefighters in the air and on the ground helped keep… Read More ›
The Alaska Division of Forestry is aggressively fighting a wildfire near milepost 1234 of the Alaska Highway, about 80 miles south of Tok and 50 miles from the Canadian border. The Seaton Road House Fire was reported at approximately 4… Read More ›
A quick response by state forestry firefighters helped control a wildfire that started as the result of an agricultural burn approximately 35 miles southeast of Delta Junction. The 4-acre Dog Patch Road Fire was reported to the Alaska Division of… Read More ›
May 20, 2015 4:45 p.m.– On Tuesday two additional coal seam fires were spotted about six miles northeast of Healy along Lignite Creek by a Division of Forestry helicopter that was monitoring three other coal seam fires nearby. The largest of… Read More ›
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