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• The Alaska Fire Service is focused on Lower-48

  By afsakfireinfo on August 7, 2014

  August 7, 2014 You can call it all but over. The fire season in Alaska was the slowest it has been in a few years. The Alaska Fire Service has dealt with 32 fires for a total of 25,616 acres… Read More ›

• Noatak National Preserve Wildfire Declared Out

  By Alaska National Park Service on July 29, 2014

  

  Contact: Linda Jeschke, linda_jeschke@nps.gov, 907.442.3890 KOTZEBUE: Wildland fire managers declared the lightning-ignited Noatak River fire out July 23, 2014. The fire was located north of the Noatak River and east of Narvakrak Lake. At approximately 700 acres, rain extinguished the… Read More ›

• Wrangell-St. Elias NP Burns Piles of Woody Debris to Reduce Fire Risk July 21 – July 26

  By Alaska National Park Service on July 23, 2014

  

  Contact: Mark Keogh, 907-822-7223, mark_keogh@nps.gov COPPER CENTER, Alaska: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve wildland fire staff will burn 40 piles of debris consisting of trees and brush July 21 through July 26. The piles are located at the Kiagna… Read More ›

• Alaskans headed south to help with Lower 48 wildfires

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 17, 2014

  July 17, 2014, 3 p.m. (Fairbanks, AK) – Alaskan firefighting crews and personnel are headed Outside as wildland fire potential continues to decrease in much of the state. The Gannett Glacier and White Mountain Type 2 initial attack crews are… Read More ›

• Alaska firefighters head to Lower-48

  By afsakfireinfo on July 17, 2014

  July 17, 2014 2 p.m. Alaska firefighters are down in the Lower-48 to help with fires in the west. The Chena and Midnight Sun IHC (Interagency Hotshot Crew) are in Idaho on the Whiskey Complex Fire.  There have been 26 smokejumpers… Read More ›

• Lightning ignites new fires in Noatak NP

  By Alaska National Park Service on July 11, 2014

  July 11, 2014 12:30 p.m. KOTZEBUE: Lightning ignited two new fires in Noatak National Preserve. The Noatak River fire is located north of the Noatak River and east of Narvakrak Lake. This fire was estimated at 300 acres burning in… Read More ›

• Fire activity in AFS Galena Zone

  By afsakfireinfo on July 11, 2014

  July 11, 2014 8:04 a.m. Two lightning-caused in the Galena Zone: Maiyumerak Creek At 3:39 p.m. on July 10 a NPS ranger pilot reported a 2 acre fire located 50 miles northeast of Noatak along the Noatak River. At 6:17 p.m…. Read More ›

• Reconnaissance flight made of the Funny River Fire

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on July 10, 2014

  July 10, 2014, 11:30 a.m. Alaska Division of Forestry personnel made a reconnaissance flight of the Funny River Fire on Wednesday afternoon, July 9, 2014, and reported seeing no hot spots or smoke. Two observers accompanied the pilot in a… Read More ›

• Two new AFS fires discovered

  By afsakfireinfo on July 9, 2014

  July 9, 2014 8:53 a.m. Two new fires were discovered in the Alaska Fire Service protection area yesterday. The Jago River Fire is located in the northeast corner of the Upper Yukon Zone on the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. Personnel will… Read More ›

• Nine new lightning-caused fires in Galena

  By afsakfireinfo on July 8, 2014

  July 8, 2014 10:53 a.m. The Alaska Fire Service Galena Zone saw a big increase in fire activity as a result of 3,890 lightning strikes on July 7. the Galena Zone is located on the western part of the state…. Read More ›

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