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• Fireline Video: Watch as Fire Crews Load “Backhaul” into a Support Airplane in Chalkyitsik, Alaska

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  

  Subscribe to the Chalkyitsik Complex YouTube channel for instant notification of new fireline videos. https://bit.ly/2K5TW6h. When airplanes like the CASA C-212 Aviocar land at the Chalkyitsik airstrip in the remote and roadless area 50 miles east of Ft Yukon, there… Read More ›

• Chalkyitsik Complex: drone footage of firefighters pouncing on spot fire behind the fireline

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  This short video clip from BLM Alaska Fire Service drone pilot Joe Don Morton shows firefighters on the ground quickly responding to extinguish a spot fire located by the unmanned aerial system, that is assigned to the Chalkyitsik Complex of… Read More ›

• Upper Yukon Zone: Higher humidity keep fire activity minimal

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  

  The Upper Yukon Zone has 58 active fires, with a total for the year of 74, that have burned over a million acres. The dryness of the duff layer, a blanket on the forest floor of spruce needles and tundra,… Read More ›

• Chalkyitsik Complex: minimal growth, replacement fire crews arrive

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  Today, fire crews from Missouri, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are arriving in Chalkyitsik and North Dakota and Chief Mountain crews are returning to Fairbanks for flights back to the Lower 48.     Fire fuels are still extremely dry and can transition to… Read More ›

• Chetaslina and Long Fire Update: No Growth Observed on Fires

  By Alaska National Park Service on July 28, 2019

  

  COPPER CENTER, AK – No growth was observed on the Chetaslina (#606) or Long (#484) fires with minimal if any smoke.  Minimal rain was measured in the area on Saturday with additional rain expected for today. National Park Service Fire… Read More ›

• Tanana Zone currently staffing three wildland fires

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 28, 2019

  The Tanana Zone has a number of fires currently in monitor status. Crews are staffing three active wildfires including the Buster Creek, Little Creek and Grouse fires. Crews working throughout the zone have made significant progress in security all fire… Read More ›

• Backhaul and rehab beginning – Hess Creek Fire Update 7/28/19

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  Yesterday crews began removing sprinkler systems from remote structures with a very low threat from the fire. They also began doing rehab work around these structures. Along the Elliot Highway and Livengood area, they were assessing the hazard of dead… Read More ›

• Swan Lake Fire not expected to spread; Suppression Repair and Backhaul ongoing

  By 2019swanlakefireinfo on July 28, 2019

  

  Daily Update for July 28 CURRENT SITUATION:  Fire growth has been limited to creeping and smoldering within the fire perimeter for six days. Significant rain over the past 48 hours has resulted in little smoke and better air quality. Residual… Read More ›

• Smoke Outlook: 7/28-7/29: Expect haze in Denali National Park, Mat-Su and Susitna Valleys

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  While fire activity remains minimal due to rains and higher relative humidity across the state, lightning from widespread thunderstorms could result in new fires in the Upper Yukon Valley due to drought conditions that persist there. Overnight haze will occur… Read More ›

• Video Update: Continued Hot and Dry Weather Patterns in the Yukon Flats Contribute to the 496,276 Acre Chalkyitsik Complex

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 28, 2019

  Northeast Alaska needs rain. Inches and inches of rain to soak into the extremely dry tundra where surface water lakes have dried up and river levels are low due to the lack of rainfall during the 2019 summer. Over 2,200,000… Read More ›

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