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• Chistochina River Fire 100% contained

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 8, 2017

  As of Monday night, the Chistochina River Fire (#381) is 100 percent contained. Crews continue mopping up the fire that burned near Mile 36.5 Tok Cutoff since Friday. There has been no increase in acreage since firefighters and water-scooping aircraft… Read More ›

• Chistochina River Fire Considered 75% Contained

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 7, 2017

  The Chistochina River Fire was estimated to be 75 percent contained today as crews continue to work on putting in saw line and hoselays around the 98-acre fire near mile 36.5 mile of the Tok Cutoff. Fire officials expect to… Read More ›

• Firefighters work on Chistochina River Fire containment line

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 6, 2017

  

  Activity was relatively quiet on the Chistochina River Fire (#381) today as firefighters continue to work on getting a containment line around the entire 98-acre fire burning near mile 36.5 Tok Cutoff. There are a total of 44 people working… Read More ›

• Firefighters, scoopers continue work on Chistochina Fire

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 5, 2017

  

  Firefighters and water-scoopers jumped into action Saturday morning to catch spot fires from the Chistochina River Fire (#381). On Friday, firefighters on the ground and the four water-scooping Fire Boss airplanes stopped the fire 75-100 yards from nearby homes and… Read More ›

• Firefighters working on fire near Chistochina

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on August 4, 2017

  

  Efforts are underway on the ground and in the air to contain a fire burning off of mile 36.5 Tok Cutoff near Chistochina. The Chistochina River Fire (#381) was reported by someone in the area at about 3 p.m. It… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers, water-scooping aircraft successfully contain fire north of Fort Yukon

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 30, 2017

  

  Smokejumpers are mopping up the Shovun Lake Fire (#371) a day after they and four Fire Boss airplanes were able to contain the new fire burning north of Fort Yukon Saturday. The eight smokejumpers and four water-scooping airplanes were sent… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers, aircraft work on new fire north of Fort Yukon

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 29, 2017

  

  Eight smokejumpers and five aircraft were busy Saturday night trying to suppress a new fire burning about 10 miles northwest of Fort Yukon. The Shovun Lake Fire (#371) was spotted shortly after 3 p.m. today by BLM Alaska Fire Service… Read More ›

• Smokejumpers continue to protect cabin from Nowitna Fire

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 26, 2017

  

  Eight BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers continue to work on protecting a cabin from the 57,781-acre Nowitna Fire (#336) – the only one of 55 active fires statewide that is staffed. The area received enough rain Tuesday night and Wednesday morning… Read More ›

• Number of staffed fires continues to dwindle

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 25, 2017

  

  Northern Alaska continues to be the last holdout for the fire season in Alaska. While widespread rain is forecasted throughout the western third of the state in the next few days, a donut hole of dry conditions will continue in… Read More ›

• Smoke from wildfires in western Interior blows into Fairbanks and areas north

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 24, 2017

  No new fires were reported in the BLM Alaska Fire Service (BLM AFS) protection area on Sunday but two fires burning in the western Interior between Kaltag and Tanana remained active. Smoke from those fires is being blown into Fairbanks… Read More ›

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