June 15, 2016 – Crews are starting to mop-up parts of the Warren Creek fire that is burning near Kobuk while others continue to secure the perimeter as drier and warmer weather starts to settle in around the state. The fire… Read More ›
BLM Alaska Fire Service
Crews Hope To Have Containment Around Warren Creek Fire Thursday
June 14, 2016 – Crews continue to work around the edges of the Warren Creek fire after yesterday’s rains and colder temperatures kept fire activity subdued. The fire was reportedly creeping and smoldering yesterday as the area got not quite… Read More ›
Warren Creek Fire shows minimal growth on Sunday; now approximately 3,500 acres
June 12, 2016 – A wildfire burning in a remote part of northwest Alaska has more than doubled in size but was still not posing a threat to any villages in the area. The Warren Creek Fire is now estimated… Read More ›
Suppression efforts catch Mountain Village dump fire
June 9, 2016 – BLM Alaska Alaska Fire Service crews and water-dropping aircraft suppressed a fire yesterday that escaped from the Mountain Village dump Tuesday night. As many as 26 people have worked on the ground so far including smokejumpers and the Chena… Read More ›
AFS Hotshots concentrate on protection of camp, Native allotments from fire in Western Alaska
June 6, 2016 – A fire burning in Western Alaska is now estimated at 3,200 acres as firefighting resources have settled in to protect a church camp and Native allotments about nine miles from the fire perimeter. After the fire… Read More ›
Smokejumpers, aided by water-dropping aircraft, catch fire burning toward Candle
June 6, 2016 – BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers, aided by two water dropping airplanes, worked into the early morning hours to successfully catch a fire that was marching toward Candle Sunday night. Residents in Candle first reported the fire at… Read More ›
Fire burns south of central Yukon River
June 2, 2016 — People living in central Yukon River villages may see smoke from a new fire burning in the Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge. The Big Mud Fire, burning 55 miles southwest of Tanana, was discovered yesterday by civilian aircraft…. Read More ›
Prescribed Burn in Yukon Training Area
May 27, 2016 Starting as early as Saturday and as weather and conditions allow, the BLM Alaska Fire Service .and U.S. Army Alaska will implement a prescribed fire in the Yukon Training Area, located approximately 35 miles east of Fairbanks. The… Read More ›
Division of Forestry calls in smokejumpers for 10-acre fire near Palmer
Smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service and the Division of Forestry are working to contain an approximately 10-acre wildfire burning in a remote area near the Knik River outside Palmer. The fire was reported at approximately 5:30 p.m. Saturday… Read More ›
Motorists May See Smoke From Prescribed Fires Scheduled Near Fairbanks
Motorists on the Richardson Highway between Fairbanks and North Pole may see smoke from multiple prescribed burns on Fort Wainwright starting as early as tomorrow. As weather conditions permit, the Bureau of Land Management Alaska Fire Service will assist… Read More ›
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