Firefighting resources mobilized Thursday afternoon after a wildfire ignited in the Ambler village landfill. Twelve smokejumpers responded immediately, with another 12 en route, supported by single‑engine water scoopers, a helicopter, and two Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection air‑retardant tankers.
Twelve Alaska smokejumpers are working on one of two small fires reported in the Yukon Training Area Monday afternoon.
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.
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.
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