Twelve Alaska smokejumpers are working on one of two small fires reported in the Yukon Training Area Monday afternoon.
US Wildland Fire Service
Smokejumpers Contain and Control Little Fire Near Stebbins
Eight Alaska Smokejumpers responded to a new wildfire about 5 miles south of Stebbins on Saturday. The Little Fire (#063) was reported around 3 p.m. on the east side of the Little Saint Michael Canal. Two Native allotments are nearby — one a mile south across the canal and another 2 miles to the southeast.
USWFS Monitoring Two Small Fires in Yukon Training Area
The Lynx 1 (#055) and Lynx 2 (#056) fires are burning roughly 9 miles southeast of Two Rivers and Pleasant Valley, south of mile 28 Chena Hot Springs Road, in an area last burned during the 2013 Stuart Creek Fire.