Alaska Wildland Fire Information

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• BLM Alaska Fire Service manages multiple fires near Huslia amid high statewide activity

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 21, 2025

  

  With all available Alaska crews either assigned or mobilizing to wildfires, additional assistance is arriving from the Lower 48. This includes the Southwest Type 3 Incident Management Team, which is slated to assume management of efforts to protect Huslia and numerous Alaska Native allotments in the fire area. Many of these allotments are located along the nearby Koyukuk River between Huslia and the affected area.

• Part of Salcha River remains in Level 2 “SET” status due to Ninetyeight Fire

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 21, 2025

  

  Ten smokejumpers worked Saturday to protect structures and Native allotments along the Salcha River from the Ninetyeight Fire (#218).

• BLM AFS monitoring wildfire near Marion Creek campground at mile 180 Dalton Highway

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 21, 2025

  

  BLM Alaska Fire Service is monitoring the Marion Fire (#295), a new wildfire burning approximately 7 miles east of the Marion Creek Campground near Mile 180 of the Dalton Highway 10 miles northwest of Coldfoot.

• Saint George Creek Fire Triggers Level 3 ‘GO’ for Gold King Creek and Wood River Area

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  A Level 3 ‘GO’ LEAVE IMMEDIATELY has been issued for the remote cabin community Gold King area due to the Saint George Fire (#246). The area affected spans from the confluence of Gold King Creek and the Wood River, following the… Read More ›

• Bear Creek Fire makes push on Parks Highway, prompting closure

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  Update: 9:00 PM- As of 9pm, traffic on the Parks Hwy through the Bear Creek Fire (#237) has flowed in both directions in one lane only. The pilot car may have multiple hours between the north and south routes. Expect… Read More ›

• Level 3 ‘GO’ evacuations issued near Tok as Seven Mile Lookout Fire grows

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  Level 3 ”GO!” evacuations have been issued for Goshawk Road and Moose Nugget Road just south of Tok due to the Seven Mile Lookout Fire (#222), burning west of Mile 118 of the Glenn Highway and is estimated to be 55… Read More ›

• More resources mobilizing to group of fires near Central, Circle

  By U.S. Wildland Fire Service on June 21, 2025

  Firefighting resources – including a Type 3 Incident Management Team composed primarily of Alaskans – are mobilizing in response to extreme fire behavior from the Ikheenjik and Turtle Fires, which made a push toward the Steese Highway near Mile 140 by Birch Creek. Once in place, the team will assume management of a cluster of wildfires now grouped under the Ptarmigan Complex.

• Alaska National Guard provides assistance to firefighters across the state 

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  With an increase in fire activity across the State, State and Federal firefighting resources are becoming difficult to order because they have been assigned to other incidents throughout the state. Working with the Alaska State Emergency Operations Center and the… Read More ›

• Roundup of Interior fires and evacuations

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  The Bear Creek Fire (#237) is burning north of Healy and poses a threat to near Parks Highway MP 263 (north of Healy). Scooper planes, tankers and ground crews are responding to the fire. The Parks Highway remains open, please… Read More ›

• Crews wrap perimeter on Oskawalik Fire, begin critical interior work

  By Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection on June 21, 2025

  

  The Oskawalik Fire (#122), burning in black spruce and tundra roughly ten miles south of Crooked Creek, remains at 1,779 acres and is now 30% contained. Firefighters continue operating under a full suppression strategy, with 85 personnel assigned to the… Read More ›

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