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• Smokejumpers, air tankers halt spread of fire near Alaska-Canada border

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 22, 2018

  

  With the help of retardant drops by air tankers, firefighters were able to stop the spread of a 25-acre fire near the Alaska-Canada border on the Top of the World Highway Thursday night. The Top of the World Fire was… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers, air tankers en route to wildfire near border station on Top of the World Highway

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2018

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a wildfire that could potentially threaten a remote border crossing station on the Top of the World Highway between Tok and Dawson City, Yukon. The fire, named the Top of the World… Read More ›

• Firefighters on Zitziana River and Mooseheart fires continue mopping up, building line

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2018

  Despite hotter, drier conditions, there was not a significant increase in fire activity Wednesday on two wildfires burning approximately 100 miles west of Fairbanks and 8 miles south of Manley Hot Springs. There was no increase in size reported on… Read More ›

• Multiple aircraft help smokejumpers confine wildfire near Harding Lake to 3 acres

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2018

  

  An aggressive aerial assault helped firefighters on the ground corral a small wildfire about 40 miles southeast of Fairbanks and 6 miles northeast of Harding Lake on Wednesday evening. An Alaska Division of Forestry engine crew patrolling near Harding Lake… Read More ›

• Small, remote wildfires keep AFS smokejumpers hopping

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 20, 2018

  

  The BLM Alaska Fire Service deployed smokejumpers to two small wildfires on Wednesday and one on Tuesday to protect structures and evaluate fire activity. Eight smokejumpers were dropped on a small fire on the Tanana Flats about 20 miles south… Read More ›

• State forestry working to contain wildfire ignited by coal seam near Healy

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 20, 2018

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is working to contain a nearly 2,000-acre wildfire that was ignited by a coal seam fire near Healy on Tuesday. The Louise Creek Coal Seam 2018 Fire is burning east of the Nenana River about… Read More ›

• Hotter, drier weather could increase fire activity on Zitziana and Mooseheart fires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 20, 2018

  Weather conditions remained favorable and provided a chance for fire managers to strategically relocate some of the 152 personnel working on the Zitziana River Fire (#133) and Mooseheart Fire (#204) on Tuesday. The two lightning-caused fires started June 4 and… Read More ›

• Winds ignite coal seam wildfire east of Healy

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 19, 2018

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a wildfire east of Healy that was ignited by a coal seam. The Louise Creek 2018 Fire is estimated at 600 – 1,000 acres as of 9:30 p.m. The fire was fanned… Read More ›

• Firefighters wrap up work on Molybdenum Mountain Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 19, 2018

  Alaska Division of Forestry wildland firefighters have completed work on a 650-acre wildfire in southwest Alaska. The last of the firefighters working on the Molybdenum Mountain Fire were flown off the fire on Tuesday afternoon after declaring the fire 100… Read More ›

• No new growth reported on Zitziana and Mooseheart fires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 19, 2018

  

  Cloudy, damp conditions made for another uneventful day on the Zitziana River and Mooseheart fires west of Fairbanks on Monday. No growth was reported on either of the two lightning-caused wildfires burning approximately 8 miles south of Manley Hot Springs… Read More ›

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