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Swan Lake Fire – Delays Along Sterling Highway Continue
Both lanes of traffic between Sterling Highway between MP75 and MP53 remain closed. Fire activity and dense smoke impacts are expected to continue for some time. Free camping in the City of Soldotna is available at Centennial and Swiftwater for… Read More ›
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Streamed Live – Watch the McKinley Fire Community Meeting August 20 2019 at the Willow Elementary School with Deshka Fire Update
Originally streamed live – McKinley Fire community meeting at the Willow Elementary School with fire and evacuation update. Post your questions along with the hundreds of other comments and we will strive to answer them during our daily live updates…. Read More ›
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Swan Lake Fire – Smoke likely to settle along highway overnight and early morning
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Air Quality has issued an Air Quality Advisory that includes the Kenai Peninsula due to wildfire smoke from the Swan Lake fire. Generally, worse conditions occur overnight and during the early morning… Read More ›
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Sterling Highway Open
The Sterling Highway is open. Pilot cars may be used to escort traffic in alternating directions with flaggers at either end of the affected area between MP53 and MP75. Alaska State Troopers will be patrolling the area and monitoring traffic…. Read More ›
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Live – 3pm Swan Lake Fire Update from Current and Incoming Incident Commanders
Incident Commanders Brentwood Reid and Evans Kuo discuss the current situation on the Swan Lake Fire.
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Firefighters working direct on east flank of Deshka Landing Fire
The Deshka Landing Fire did not show significant growth overnight and remains estimated at 2,217 acres. Firefighters continue to build containment lines and hose lays working direct on the fire’s edge along the eastern side of the fire closest to… Read More ›
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Smokejumpers, villagers work to keep Levelock Fire at bay
11:40 a.m. Aug. 20, 2019 Eight Alaska smokejumpers, aided by heavy equipment and villagers, were able to secure two sections of the Levelock Fire that crossed the dozer line and encroached into the village late Monday night. As of this… Read More ›
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Live – 10am August 21, 2019, McKinley Fire OPerations with Brandon Peterson
Firefighters on the McKinley Fire are continuing efforts today to assess and protect structures on the approximate 4,349 acre fire burning between Willow and Talkeetna. An evacuation order remains in effect for the fire area from Mileposts 82 to 91… Read More ›
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North Fork and Caribou Lake fires on Kenai Peninsula showed little growth overnight
Two fires burning on the southern Kenai Peninsula are receiving a strong response. The Zigzag Hotshot crew from Oregon is reporting this morning to the North Fork Fire (#751) burning six miles northwest of Homer. The hotshots will join the… Read More ›
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Swan Lake Fire Update – August 20, 2019
One lane of Sterling Highway to reopen at 10:00 am this morning. Pilot cars will be escorting traffic in alternating directions with flaggers at either end of the affected area between MP53 and MP75. Alaska State Troopers will be patrolling the… Read More ›
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