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• Firefighers attacking wildfire threatening several cabins on Salcha River

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 14, 2016

  July 14, 6:30 p.m. – Firefighters are attacking a lightning-caused wildfire threatening several cabins on the Salcha River south of Fairbanks, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The Mid Salcha Fire was reported at around 4:30 p.m. and had grown… Read More ›

• Hot weather, 18,000 lightning strikes behind uptick in fire activity

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 14, 2016

  

  July 14, 2016 – High temperatures coupled with more than 18,000 lightning strikes throughout Alaska in the past two days resulted in 43 new ignitions and increased activity on already burning fires with more of the same anticipated this evening…. Read More ›

• Air tanker, engines and UAF crew responding to wildfire near 8 Mile Elliott Highway

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 14, 2016

  The Alaska Division of Forestry is responding to a small wildfire near 8 Mile of the Elliott Highway north of Fairbanks. Two engines and a helicopter from the Fairbanks Area forestry office are on scene working on the Vault Creek… Read More ›

• Lightning strikes ignite more than 40 new fires across Interior

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 14, 2016

  Lightning strikes sparked more than three dozen new wildfires across the Interior on Wednesday afternoon and more fires are being reported Thursday as a result of those strikes. The Alaska Interagency Coordination Center in Fairbanks reported almost 7,200 lightning strikes… Read More ›

• Still Potential for a Fire Season

  By Alaska National Park Service on July 14, 2016

  

  Noatak, Alaska: The Alaskan fire season this summer has not seen the number or extent of wildfires that occurred last summer which has been due partly to the heavy amount of precipitation that we have seen over the last few… Read More ›

• Retardant tankers slow spread of lightning-caused wildfire burning near Tok Cutoff

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 13, 2016

  July 13, 8 p.m. – The spread of a lightning-caused wildland fire burning near Mile 50 of the Tok Cutoff has been slowed with assistance from air retardant tankers. The 40-acre Cutoff Fire was less than a mile from the… Read More ›

• Firefighters responding to small wildfire near Dry Creek along Alaska Highway

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 13, 2016

  A crew of firefighters is hiking in to suppress a small, lightning-caused wildfire reported near the community of Dry Creek near Mile 1376 of the Alaska Highway. The Dry Creek Ridge Fire is estimated at one-half acre and is about… Read More ›

• State Forestry attacking 25-acre wildfire less than a mile from Tok Cutoff

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 13, 2016

  July 13, 5:30 p.m. – The Alaska Division of Forestry is contending with two wildland fires in the Copper River Basin area, one of which is less than a mile from the Tok Cutoff Highway. The Cutoff Fire is estimated… Read More ›

• Motorists and aviators report smoke from fires burning off the Dalton Highway

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on July 13, 2016

  

  July 13, 2016 – People driving the Dalton Highway or flying near Bettles may see smoke from two fires burning in the area. The Bureau of Land Management Fairbanks District Office and BLM Alaska Fire Service have received numerous reports… Read More ›

• Transitioning to a Type 4 Incident

  By Alaska Fire PIOs on July 13, 2016

  

  July 12, 2016 – This will be the final Alatna Complex update unless significant fire activity occurs. By the end of shift on Thursday the majority of the complex overhead and crews will be demobed. The fire will transition from… Read More ›

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