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• Numerous firefighters, aircraft work on 500-acre fire north of Two Rivers

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 17, 2019

  

  Numerous firefighters and aircraft continue to work late Sunday evening after winds subsided and calmed a fire burning north of Two Rivers. Erratic wind pushed the Caribou Creek Fire (#255) through continuous black spruce until it was an estimated 500… Read More ›

• Cooler, wetter conditions produce minimal growth on Swan Lake Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 16, 2019

  

  Firefighters benefitted from cooler, wetter weather on Saturday where the Swan Lake Fire is burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The moderating weather resulted in minimal fire growth, with the latest size estimate of 12,782 acres, an increase of… Read More ›

• BLM AFS continues work on three fires in Western Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 15, 2019

  

  Of the 21 active fires burning in BLM Alaska Fire Service protection area that covers most of the northern half of the state, the only three staff are in the Galena Fire Management Zone. As of today, 63 fires have… Read More ›

• Firefighters continue work on Southwest Alaska fires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2019

  

  One new lightning-caused wildfire was reported in the Division of Forestry’s Southwest protection area on Friday. The 55-acre Sunshine Mountains fire is located in a Limited protection area approximately 35 miles northeast of McGrath. The fire was reported by a… Read More ›

• Warm, dry weather pushes Swan Lake Fire to more than 12,500 acres

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 15, 2019

  

  The Swan Lake Fire in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge grew in size Friday, but firefighters were able to keep it from spreading south and west toward the Sterling Highway. As of Friday night, the fire was estimated at 12,564… Read More ›

• State forestry firefighters snuff out small wildfire in North Pole

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 14, 2019

  

  Wildland firefighters in Fairbanks acted quickly to contain a small wildfire in the North Pole area on Friday. The Green Fire (#246) was reported at approximately 2:30 p.m. as a 1-acre fire burning in the vicinity of Lakloey Drive and… Read More ›

• Firefighters working to contain wildfires near Nikolai and Bethel

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 14, 2019

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry’s McGrath office responded to two new lightning-caused fires in Southwest Alaska on Thursday, one near Nikolai and one near Bethel. The Scow Harry Creek Fire (#243) was reported by a resident in the village of… Read More ›

• Aerial Tour of Swan Lake Fire

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 14, 2019

  Join Kenai National Wildlife Refuge Fire Program Technician Nate Perrine as he narrates an aerial tour of the approximately 8,400 acre Swan Lake Fire. Fire crews are taking advantage of suppression work completed during the 2017 East Fork Fire, and… Read More ›

• Swan Lake Fire continues to grow; crews working to strengthen indirect lines

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 14, 2019

  

  Yesterday, west winds pushed the lightning-caused Swan Lake Fire further east into the Dave Spencer Unit of the Kenai Wilderness, resulting in an increase in acreage of about 1,400 acres. The fire is now mapped at an estimated 8,400 total… Read More ›

• First new NPS, AK wildfire of 2019 ignited by lightning in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

  By Alaska National Park Service on June 14, 2019

  

  EAGLE, Alaska: On Monday, June 10 a National Park Service ranger/pilot overflying the Preserve confirmed a new lightning-caused fire start in the Weshrinarin Creek drainage south of the Yukon River and 6.6 miles east of the Charley River. The newly… Read More ›

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