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• State forestry assessing five new wildfires north of Chena Hot Springs Road; smokejumpers deployed on one

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 13, 2020

  UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: Fire managers are still gathering information about the cluster of five wildfires detected within 5 miles of Chena Hot Springs Road. Smokejumpers have hiked to and checked on three of the fires and will be spending the… Read More ›

• Evacuation warning lessened as Any Creek Fire calms

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 13, 2020

  

  9 p.m. update (last update for June 13, 2020): Due to moderated fire behavior, the evacuation order for the O’Connor Creek Subdivision, which includes Hattie Creek Road, Resolution Road, Determination Drive, and Adit Lane, has been improved to a Level… Read More ›

• Winds challenge fire crews and send smoke to Dalton Highway

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 13, 2020

  Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size:  11,665 acres Containment: 30% Total Personnel: 294   (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – An earlier than usual wind shift during a burn out operation on the Isom… Read More ›

• Dense smoke on Dalton Highway

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 12, 2020

  EVENING UPDATE (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – A change in the wind direction and an increase in fire activity this evening is pushing smoke from the Isom Creek Fire (#187) over the Dalton Highway reducing visibility on the road between mileposts 34-46…. Read More ›

• Hotshots mopping up Alfred Fire east of Stevens Village

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 12, 2020

  Utilizing an aggressive water air assault, two hotshot crews and eight smokejumpers were able to stop the growth of a fire burning east of Stevens Village at 83 acres Thursday. However, due to the fire spotting outside the main perimeter, the firefighters will need to seek out and make sure these spot fires are extinguished before calling the Alfred Fire (#215) contained.

• Operations Update for the Isom Creek Fire -June 12, 2020

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 12, 2020

  

  Isom Creek Fire Operations Section Chief, Abe Davis gives an operational update for Thursday, June 12th. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BLMAFS/      Isom Creek Email: 2020.Isomcreek@firenet.gov       Public Information Phone: (907)356-5970                      

• State forestry wildland fire dispatcher Liz Wallace wins national award

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 12, 2020

  Alaska Division of Forestry Wildland Fire Dispatcher Liz Wallace won the 2019 National Excellence in Dispatching Award from the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC) in Boise, Idaho, it was announced Thursday. Wallace, a dispatcher for the Fairbanks Area station, had… Read More ›

• Critical fire weather expected for Isom Creek Fire

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 12, 2020

  Start Date: 06/05/2020 Location: 17 miles SW of Stevens Village, AK Cause: Lightning Fire Size:  10,844 acres Containment: 10% Total Personnel: 275   (FAIRBANKS, Alaska) – Westerly winds continued to help and hinder firefighters on the Isom Creek Fire Thursday…. Read More ›

• Firefighters, aircraft working on fire 10 miles east of Stevens Village

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 11, 2020

  

  Firefighters, aided by water bombing aircraft, are aggressively fighting an 83-acre fire burning about 10 miles east of Stevens Village. Eight smokejumpers, the BLM Alaska Fire Service Chena Hotshots and a variety of helicopter and airplanes are working to keep… Read More ›

• BLM TEMPORARILY CLOSES FIVE MILE CAMPGROUND

  By 2020IsomCreekFire on June 11, 2020

  

  FAIRBANKS, AK — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Yukon Field Office has temporarily closed public access to the Five Mile Campground located five miles north of the Yukon River bridge on the Dalton Highway. The closure is necessary to… Read More ›

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