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• Steamboat Creek Fire continues to make advances; now estimated at 12,000 acres

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 20, 2016

  

  July 20, 3:30 p.m. – Approximately 50 community members of the McCarthy-Kennecott area attended a public meeting yesterday in McCarthy, where fire officials discussed and answered questions concerning the fire. Both Alaska Division of Forestry and National Park Service fire… Read More ›

• McHugh Fire 10 a.m. Update 7-20-16

  By m1clark on July 20, 2016

  

    Additional resources are being deployed on the McHugh Fire today, burning in Chugach State Park, just south of Anchorage. The Alaska Interagency Type 2 Incident Management team has assumed management of the fire. In addition, five hot shot crews… Read More ›

• Fires Continue to be monitored in the Copper River Basin

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  Fires from the recent lightning storms are continuing to burn in the Copper River Basin, but fire managers from the Alaska Division of Forestry and National Park Service have done an exceptional job with balancing suppression activities and managing fires… Read More ›

• Seward Highway now open to two-way traffic; please use caution

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  As of 9 p.m., both lanes of the Seward Highway are now open to traffic after the Alaska Division of Forestry deemed conditions safe for two-way traffic. One lane of the highway had been closed since 5 a.m. Tuesday due… Read More ›

• Two wildfires along Tiekel River near Mile 50 of Richardson Highway being monitored closely

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  

  Two fires visible from the Richardson Highway south of Copper Center have drawn attention from the public but they do not pose a threat at this time and are being monitored closely by the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Copper River… Read More ›

• High water poses logistical challenges for firefighters on Salcha River wildfire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  

  July 19, 8:30 p.m. – Firefighters working on a wildfire burning near the Salcha River south of Fairbanks went from fighting fire to building bridges on Tuesday morning. A rapid rise in the Salcha River due to heavy rain the… Read More ›

• State Forestry continues battling fire along traffic-snarled Seward Highway

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  

  July 19, 7:30 p.m. – The Alaska Division of Forestry continues to battle a wildfire burning just south of Anchorage that is visible from the Seward Highway and snarling traffic on one of Alaska’s most scenic byways. The McHugh Fire… Read More ›

• Tok River Fire: 48% Containment and Type 3 Transition

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 19, 2016

  

  Tok, Alaska, 2:00pm –Crews made the most of cool weekend conditions, gaining ground on the 731 acre lightning-caused Tok River wildfire, now 48% contained. At 11am Monday, Alaska Interagency Type 2 Incident Management Team (Kurth) transitioned to a Type 3… Read More ›

• McHugh Fire along Seward Highway grows to 500-600 acres; traffic delayed on Seward Highway

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  

  July 19, 12:45 p.m. -The Alaska Division of Forestry is now estimating the McHugh Creek Fire burning south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway at 500-600 acres. The Seward Highway remains reduced to one-lane traffic with a pilot car from… Read More ›

• McHugh Fire pushes up against Seward Highway; traffic down to one lane

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 19, 2016

  

  Anchorage – July 19, 8:45 a.m. – Fire activity on the McHugh Fire burning south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway south of Anchorage picked up significantly late Monday night and made a push toward the Seward Highway early Tuesday… Read More ›

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