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• Loon Lake Fire update from IC Torrey Short: 100% containment estimated for this weekend

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 18, 2021

  

  Update from Type 3 Incident Commander Torrey Short with the news that 100% containment is estimated for sometime this weekend. Current Containment: 80% Acres: 102 Personnel: 59 Weather: cloudy and cooler today The UAF Wildland Fire Crew Nanooks Wildland Fire… Read More ›

• Weather moderates behavior of Haystack Fire as crews from the Lower 48 arrive

  By Haystack Fire Information on June 18, 2021

  Alaska Division of Forestry initial attack firefighters constructed containment line to reach around 30 percent of the Haystack Fire (#196) before transferring command to the Alaska Incident Management Team early this morning. Since responding on Tuesday, forestry crews along with… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers, hotshots and aircraft work on wildfire near Central

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 17, 2021

  The combination of moderated weather, marshy terrain and work from eight smokejumpers and water-dropping aircraft Thursday helped subdue the Little Albert Creek Fire (#206) burning five miles west of Central. The fire was estimated at 350 acres and burning mostly in tussock tundra and brush.

• Walk a part of the Loon Lake Fire and see what fireline and hose lays look like up close

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2021

  

  Take a closer look at how fireline and hose lays look once constructed and completed. This field report from Tuesday brings you right to the Loon Lake Fire 10 miles northeast of Sterling, Alaska. Containment of this 102 acre fire… Read More ›

• More firefighters to help with fires south of Manley

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 17, 2021

  More firefighters are slated to arrive in Manley Hot Springs today to start working on the pair of lightning-caused fires burning about a quarter mile apart south of the Tanana River. One of the five firefighting hand crews arriving in… Read More ›

• Haystack Fire grows to estimated 800 acres but containment reported at 40% as Alaska IMT prepares to take command

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2021

  Hard work by firefighters and a small army of bulldozer operators has helped bring the Haystack Fire to 40% containment, and that was before the fire received rain on Thursday morning.    Fire managers report the fire burning about 20… Read More ›

• Containment increases to 70% on Loon Lake Fire as crews seek out remaining hot spots

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2021

  Containment increased to 70 percent on the Loon Lake Fire yesterday as the Pioneer Peak Hotshots and Gannett Glacier Crew completed cutting a fire break around the perimeter of the 102-acre fire, fire managers with the Alaska Division of Forestry… Read More ›

• Chena Hotshots to mobilize Thursday morning for new fire near Central

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 16, 2021

  The BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshot Crew will mobilize Thursday morning for a new fire burning 7 miles west of Central. The Little Albert Creek Fire (#206) was estimated at 100 acres Wednesday evening and rapidly spreading through tundra and brush. The fire is not immediately threatening any structures or other sites of value. It is burning about two miles north of the Steese Highway at milepost 120.

• Firefighters attacking 1-acre spot fire on south end of Haystack Fire 1 mile from subdivision

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2021

  UPDATE 6 P.M. Firefighters battling the 500-acre Haystack Fire north of Fairbanks are currently attacking a 1-acre spot fire on the south end of the fire closest to the Haystack Subdivision. The spot fire is burning in black spruce about… Read More ›

• Loon Lake Fire morning update with video: crews to complete saw line and hose lays today around entire fire.

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 16, 2021

  

  Update for Wednesday June 16th with video update by IC3 trainee Torrey Short. If you prefer to watch on YouTube, click here: youtu.be/aJYd0DUC3Io Containment on the 102-acre Loon Lake Fire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge increased to 30… Read More ›

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