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• BLM AFS working on a new fire west of Venetie

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 20, 2016

  6:30 p.m., July 20, 2016 – The BLM Alaska Fire Service is working on a 20-acre fire burning along the Chandalar River five miles west of Venetie. Eight smokejumpers are already on the ground with a Bell B-212 helicopter headed… Read More ›

• McHugh Fire P.M. Update 7-20-16

  By m1clark on July 20, 2016

  

    ANCHORAGE – Fire managers on the McHugh Fire, burning just south of Anchorage, will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. tonight in the South Anchorage High School auditorium to update residents on firefighting efforts.  South High is located… Read More ›

• Firefighters mopping up Mid Salcha Fire – literally

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

  Crews continue mop-up operations on the rain-soaked Mid Salcha Fire near the Salcha River south of Fairbanks. The 1,165-acre wildfire is 50 percent contained and there are 129 personnel still working on the fire, including five 20-person crews, according to… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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