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• Central Creek Airstrip Fire grows over night

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 18, 2022

  

  The Central Creek Airstrip Fire (#295) has grown to an estimated 1,000 acres overnight. The lightning caused fire is moving east through drainages across rolling tundra and black spruce stands. It is south of the confluence of Central Creek and… Read More ›

• Alaska Fire Service managers expect more lightning-caused fires

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 18, 2022

  

    Yesterday June 18, the year-to-date number of acres burned by wildfires inAlaska reached 1,005,196. This is the earliest date for reaching a millionacres since this statistic was first tracked in 1990. Widespread thunderstorms and lightning are causing several new… Read More ›

• Immediate threat to East Fork Fire communities has passed and evacuation preparedness status is lifted

  By EastForkFire on June 18, 2022

  

  June 18, 2022, Daily Update, 9:20 AM East Fork Fire STATS: 159,043 acresLocation: 3.7 miles northwest of St. Mary’sPersonnel: 243Start Date: May 31, 2022Cause: Natural, LightningFuels: A mix of tundra, brush, and black spruce% Contained: 67% Apoon Pass Fire STATS:… Read More ›

• Firefighters work to identify more landing zones to support point protection within Lime Complex

  By limecomplex on June 18, 2022

  

  Lime Complex Saturday June 18th Update: The total complex size is 425,905 acres for the 18 fires under the management of Incident Commander Ed Sanford’s Alaska Black Type 2 Incident Team. Operations Chief Jon Glover provides the complete update for… Read More ›

• New fire along the Goodpaster River

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2022

  A new fire was located along the Goodpaster River this afternoon after a report of smoke visible in the area. The Central Creek Airstrip Fire (#295) is about two miles south of the confluence of Central Creek and Goodpaster River…. Read More ›

• New hold-over fires pop up in Northeast Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 17, 2022

  

  Widespread lightning on June 16 resulted in several new fires today in the Upper Yukon Zone of the Alaska Fire Service.   The Schilling Fire (#294) is burning in a limited protection area 38 miles west of Venetie. The fire… Read More ›

• Aggie Creek and Aggie Creek 2 fires north of Fairbanks

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2022

  Firefighting crews are constructing saw line with hose lays on the 100-acre Aggie Creek Fire, (#284) burning west of the Elliot Highway, 25 miles north of Fairbanks. The lightning-caused fire spread rapidly Wednesday evening, casting embers ahead of it, starting… Read More ›

• Unified Response Stops Armstrong Fire in Houston Area

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2022

  

  Alaska DOF crews from the MatSu Area teamed up with firefighters from the Houston, Big Lake, West Lakes and Central Fire Departments to stop a 2.4 acre fire along Armstrong Road in Houston on Thursday afternoon. Initial attack by DOF… Read More ›

• Containment grows as Bering Sea weather brings scattered showers to the East Fork Fire

  By EastForkFire on June 17, 2022

  

  June 17, 2022, Daily Update, 10:10 AM East Fork Fire STATS: 153,271 acresLocation: 3.7 miles northwest of St. Mary’sPersonnel: 241Start Date: May 31, 2022Cause: Natural, LightningFuels: A mix of tundra, brush, and black spruce Apoon Pass Fire STATS: 66,959 acresLocation:… Read More ›

• Heli-rappellers to support point protection on Lime Complex – operations video update

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2022

  

  June 17th Alaska Type 2 Black Incident Management Team Operations Update by career Alaskan smokejumper and Operations Section Chief trainee Matt Allen. The fires under the Black Team management include #188, 189, 190, 193 197, 198, 205, 206, 207, 216,… Read More ›

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