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• Change in weather should assist firefighters Southwest Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 9, 2017

  

  Firefighters battling multiple lightning-caused fires in Southwest Alaska are finally getting a helping hand from Mother Nature in the form of cooler, wetter weather. Several fires have received varying amounts of precipitation and temperatures cooled considerably on Thursday night and… Read More ›

• Cooler, wet weather hits Southwest Alaska

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 9, 2017

  

  Cooler and wetter weather is giving wildland firefighters in Southwest Alaska a reprieve for the first time since lightning stuck along the southern Yukon River corridor Sunday. That moisture is predicted to continue through the weekend in the southwestern portion… Read More ›

• South Fork Salcha Fire blowing smoke into Fairbanks

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 9, 2017

  

  A wildfire north of Delta Junction is blowing smoke into Fairbanks, North Pole and Salcha. The South Fork Salcha Fire was reported Thursday morning approximately 70 miles southeast of Fairbanks and 25 miles north of Delta Junction. The fire is… Read More ›

• Containment increases to 65 percent on North Robertson Fire along Alaska Highway near Tok

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 9, 2017

  The North Robertson Fire passed the test of a hot, dry, and breezy day on Thursday afternoon. Crews were spread out along the fireline keeping an eye out for flare-ups that could challenge the containment lines of the wildfire burning… Read More ›

• State forestry still contending with multiple fires in Southwest Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 8, 2017

  

  The Alaska Division of Forestry continues work on containing and monitoring multiple lightning-caused fires in Southwest Alaska. As of Thursday evening, there were 15 active fires that had burned more than 42,000 acres in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest… Read More ›

• Fires burning in Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on June 8, 2017

  

  Numerous fires are burning on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge after lightning touched down in Southwest Alaska recently. At 19.5 million acres, this refuge is larger than the state of Maine. It is dominated by wetlands and tundra and… Read More ›

• State forestry monitoring wildfire off Pogo Mine Road north of Delta Junction

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 8, 2017

  

  A wildfire southeast of Fairbanks was reported to the Alaska Division of Forestry at 11 a.m. Thursday. The South Fork Salcha Fire is estimated at 100 acres and is burning approximately 70 miles southeast of Fairbanks and 25 miles north… Read More ›

• Containment increases to 60 percent on North Robertson Fire near Tok

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 8, 2017

  Firefighters continue making good progress improving the perimeter of the North Robertson Fire burning along the Alaska Highway near Tok. Their work Wednesday increased containment of the 832-acre fire to 60 percent, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The… Read More ›

• Firefighters bounce from one wildfire to another in Southwest Alaska

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 7, 2017

  Firefighters are leap frogging from one fire to another to protect villages, cabins and other structures in Southwest Alaska after more than a dozen new wildfires were started by lightning strikes in the past three days. The Alaska Division of… Read More ›

• Lightning triggers 19 new starts in BLM AFS’s Galena Zone Tuesday

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

  

  BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Galena Zone experienced 19 new starts Tuesday due to a rash of lightning hitting the southwestern Yukon River corridor. The new starts occurred in either limited – the lowest priority – and full management option areas…. Read More ›

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