10:00 AM May 31, 2014 Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell will be visiting the ICP this afternoon and available at the 1:30pm Media briefing. Fire crews took advantage of the cool and damp conditions as they continued to “mop-up” (extinguish… Read More ›
10:00 AM May 29, 2014 No evacuation notices or alerts are in effect for the fire area. The Lower Skilak Lake Campground and boat launch are now open; burn ban remains in effect. Fire crews are taking advantage of the… Read More ›
May 28, 2014 4 p.m. (Soldotna, AK) Fire is still an active part of the Kenai Peninsula’s environment; even as temperatures cool and the relative humidity increases. The extreme fire behavior of the Funny River Fire has moderated with the… Read More ›
9:30 am May 27, 2014 Community meetings tonight Firefighters made excellent progress yesterday extending containment lines on the west side of the fire in the Kasilof and Sterling Highway areas. Crews also completed burnout operations along the northern perimeter (south… Read More ›
ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 FACEBOOK: Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team INCIWEB: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 9:30 am May 25, 2014 FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 123,649 acres with 20% containment… Read More ›
May 24, 5:30 p.m. The Alaska Army National Guard will provide two Black Hawk helicopters with water buckets and crews to support the Funny River Fire on May 24 thru May 26. The wildfire, that started along the Funny River… Read More ›
May 24, 2014, 3:00 p.m. (Fairbanks, AK) – Residents and travelers on the Kenai Peninsula are reminded that rapidly changing conditions on the Funny River fire have the potential to disrupt travel on the Sterling Highway and associated side roads…. Read More ›
FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 9:30 am 96,584 acres with 20% containment Yesterday firefighters made further progress constructing fire containment lines along the north and northwest sides of the #funnyriverfire and containment is now at 20 percent. At 5 PM, the fire… Read More ›
ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 INCIWEB: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 10:30am May 23, 2014 FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 67,084 acres with 15% containment. Red Flag Warning in effect. The fire is… Read More ›
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