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• BLM AFS firefighters mopping up two Interior Alaska fires

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 22, 2017

  BLM Alaska Fire Service firefighters are mopping up two wildfires burning near the Canadian border. The Tchulkade Lake Fire (#254) was one of only two new starts in Alaska Wednesday. It is burning 22 miles southeast of Chalkyitsik and 65… Read More ›

• East Fork Fire Activity Moderates

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 22, 2017

  

  Tuesday’s rain and the current weather conditions have dramatically moderated fire behavior on the East Fork Fire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The lightning-caused fire remains approximately 1,016 acres and currently has 147 personnel assigned. The fire is… Read More ›

• East Fork Fire Receives Some Rain

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 21, 2017

  

  The lightning-caused East Fork Fire has been remapped to more accurately reflect the perimeter which is now 1016 acres. The fire behavior is currently described as smoldering with minimal burning.  The fire remains approximately 4.5 miles north of the Sterling… Read More ›

• Work nearing completion on two Southwest Area fires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2017

  Weather permitting, firefighters will be released this weekend from the only two wildfires still being staffed in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area between McGrath and Dillingham. Tentative demobilization is scheduled for Friday for the 42 personnel on the… Read More ›

• East Fork Fire Implements New Fire Management Strategy

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 20, 2017

  

  The East Fork Fire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is now estimated at 1,410 acres. Weather permitting, a flight to get more accurate mapping and acreage is planned today. The fire remains approximately 4.5 miles north of the… Read More ›

• BLM AFS smokejumpers working on wildfire near Canadian border

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 19, 2017

  

  Four BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers are working on a lightning-caused wildfire near the Canadian Border. The Pass Creek Fire (#245) was spotted by BLM AFS personnel from the Upper Yukon Zone on a detection flight Sunday following a few… Read More ›

• Weather helps suppression, hinders demobilization of Norton Sound fires

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 19, 2017

  The same weather that helped firefighters with suppression efforts over the past few days is now keeping them from demobilizing from two fires burning near the western coast of Alaska. A squad of six emergency firefighters from the Grayling village… Read More ›

• State forestry managing 119-acre wildfire southwest of McGrath

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 19, 2017

  Wildland firefighters are managing a lightning-caused wildfire that was reported late Saturday morning about 150 miles southwest of McGrath, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The Paimiut Fire, named after the nearby Paimiut Slough, is estimated at 119 acres…. Read More ›

• East Fork Fire community meeting in Sterling tonight at 6 p.m.

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 19, 2017

  

  A public meeting will be held tonight at the Sterling Community Center at 6pm. Join us tonight at the public meeting for an update on current fire activity as well as the plan for how it will be managed. Officials… Read More ›

• Kenai Peninsula’s East Fork Fire grows to over 1,300 acres

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 18, 2017

  

  The lightning-caused East Fork has grown to over 1300 acres and continues to burn in a limited protection area of the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The fire remains approximately 4.5 miles north of the Sterling Highway and 3.5 miles east… Read More ›

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