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• Firefighters working on fires scattered throughout Central Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 16, 2022

  

  Firefighters are scattered throughout Central Alaska, working on both new wildfires and ones burning for several days. Smokejumpers responded to two small fires east and west of Manley Hot Springs Wednesday. Two smokejumpers made quick work of a small fire… Read More ›

• Firefighters focus efforts on three fires in Northeast Alaska  

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 16, 2022

  

  Firefighters are still working on two wildfires burning in Northeastern Alaska. The Bolgen Creek Fire (#259) is burning in brush, grass and some spruce and tundra approximately 8 miles southwest of Circle. The fire remains at 17 acres, with no… Read More ›

• 18 fires in southwest under AK Black Team management named “Lime Complex”

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2022

  

  Lime Complex – 18 of the nearly 50 lightning caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska have been named the Lime Complex. The Alaska Interagency Type 2 Black Incident Management Team has assumed command of a geographic group of wildfires as… Read More ›

• Strong response to lightning caused fire north of Fairbanks

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2022

  Air Traffic control reported a fire southwest of Wickersham Dome Wednesday evening. A reconnaissance helicopter confirmed the Aggie Creek Fire’s (#284) location and noted the rapid rate of spreading fire. The lightning caused fire was moving downhill and spotting ahead… Read More ›

• Crews make good progress in East Fork fire operations

  By EastForkFire on June 16, 2022

  

  June 16, 2022, Daily Update, 10:00 AM East Fork Fire STATS: 150,651 acresLocation: 3.7 miles northwest of St. Mary’sPersonnel: 255Start Date: May 31, 2022Cause: Natural, LightningFuels: A mix of tundra, brush, and black spruce Apoon Pass Fire STATS: 63,056 acresLocation:… Read More ›

• Close call for two fires in Fairbanks

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2022

  Two fires yesterday in Fairbanks’ subdivisions could have been disastrous to the neighborhoods around them. The first occurred off Skyline Drive in the middle of the afternoon. Steese Volunteer Fire Department responded along with Alaska Division of Forestry engines and… Read More ›

• Type 2 Incident Management Team assigned to support remote firefighting operations in southwest Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2022

  

  The Alaska Type 2 Incident Management Black Team under Incident Commander Ed Sanford has been mobilized to assist fire managers and fire personnel defending villages, lodges, cabins, native allotments, mining infrastructure and other values at risk in southwest Alaska. In… Read More ›

• Crews on the East Fork Fire supported by favorable weather

  By EastForkFire on June 15, 2022

  

  June 15, 2022, Daily Update, 9:30 AM East Fork FireSTATS: 141,172 acresLocation: 3.7 miles northwest of St. Mary’sPersonnel: 239 Start Date: May 31, 2022Cause: Natural, LightningFuels: A mix of tundra, brush, and black spruce Apoon Pass FireSTATS: 52,866 acresLocation: 24… Read More ›

• Crews, smokejumpers working on fires in Central Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 14, 2022

  

  The 40,000-acre Hog Butte Fire burning about 30 miles southwest of Lake Michumina and several fires in Southwest Alaska have produced the bulk of the smoke blanketing much of Alaska. The Hog Butte Fire is one of eight staffed in… Read More ›

• Firefighters mopping up wildfire near Circle

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 14, 2022

  

  Firefighters are mopping up an 18-acre fire burning near Mile 151 Steese Highway about 7 miles from Circle. Forty-five firefighters are working increase the 30% containment achieved on the Bolgen Creek Fire (#259) by Monday evening This includes the including… Read More ›

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