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• Crews make gains on Isom Creek Fire, bear dogs still at work

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 18, 2020

  Update 6:00 p.m: ORIGINAL POST 11:00 a.m: Start Date: 06/05/2020Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AKCause: LightningFire Size: 12,024 acresContainment: 62%Total Personnel: 327 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Additional smoke may be spotted rising from the Isom Creek Fire (#187) later… Read More ›

• Minimal fire activity reported on Any Creek Fire near Old Murphy Dome Road

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2020

  Crews on Wednesday continued working hard to increase containment on the Any Creek Fire (#236) located about 10 miles north of Fairbanks near Old Murphy Dome Road. As of Wednesday morning, the fire remained at an estimated 44 acres with… Read More ›

• Weather Helps Firefighters on Yukon Flats Fires

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2020

  (Fairbanks, Alaska) –Weather has cooperated with firefighters in northeastern Alaska, allowing firefighters to make significant progress on fires. Scattered showers, higher relative humidity and light winds reduced fire activity, but conditions remain extremely dry in the Yukon Flats. For the… Read More ›

• Firefighters mopping up 5-acre wildfire started by fire that burned down Aniak River Lodge

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 17, 2020

  Firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry’s McGrath station and BLM Alaska Fire Service responded to a structure fire that burned down a lodge and multiple cabins on the Aniak River Tuesday night and then spread into the surrounding wildlands…. Read More ›

• Smokejumpers, Aircraft Working to Contain New Fires Near St. Michael, Kotlik

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2020

  

  (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Smokejumpers, aided by aircraft, are working to contain three new lightning-caused fires near St. Michael and Kotlik. These fires were located by BLM Alaska Fire Service personnel using satellite imagery and reconnaissance flights Tuesday. The weather is… Read More ›

• Isom Creek Fire uses minimum impact suppression tactics in refuge

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 17, 2020

  

  Start Date: 06/05/2020Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AKCause: LightningFire Size: 12,024 acresContainment: 44%Total Personnel: 336 (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Firefighters continue to gain ground, closing the gap in the western containment line and constructing line on other parts of… Read More ›

• Alatna River Fire near Allakaket shows little heat

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 16, 2020

  

  (Fairbanks, Alaska) – A lightning-caused fire burning near Native allotments about eight miles northwest of Allakaket was attacked by smokejumpers Monday evening. A resident of the village witnessed the lightning strike, saw smoke afterwards and reported the fire. The Alatna… Read More ›

• Firefighters wrapping up work on five small wildfires in Little Chena Valley

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2020

  More than a dozen firefighters continued work Monday and Tuesday suppressing and monitoring a cluster of five small wildfires that were started by lightning over the weekend in the Little Chena Valley north of Chena Hot Springs Road east of… Read More ›

• Firefighters extinguish first holdover from Swan Lake Fire on Kenai Peninsula

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2020

  The first holdover fire from the 2019 Swan Lake Fire was reported on Tuesday along the Sterling Highway east of Soldotna. Multiple passing motorists reported smoke visible from the north side of the highway near milepost 66.5 at around 10:40… Read More ›

• Rain helps fire crews make progress on northern Interior fires

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 16, 2020

  

  (Fairbanks, Alaska) – Scattered showers and high relative humidity has slowed activity on several fires in northeastern Alaska but conditions remain primed for ignition in the Yukon Flats where high temperatures and dry fuels continue. Two fires ignited Monday, and… Read More ›

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