Arctic Circle Fire – Alaska Wildland Fire Information

Arctic Circle Fire

Smoke wafting up from a blackened area on a hillside.

5-day patrol ends with little fire activity observed on fires burning east of Dalton Highway near Arctic Circle

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on June 24, 2021

Three firefighters finished a five-day Dalton Highway patrol Thursday to keep tabs on a couple of fires burning near the Arctic Circle about 190 miles north of Fairbanks. The Dalton Highway gang of BLM Alaska Fire Service Fire Specialist Jacob… Read More ›

The roughly 1,150 Olsons Lake Fire (#188) is burning about 3 miles to the east of the Dalton Highway from milepost 106-110. This photo was taken on June 18, 2021 before the fire area received significant rain and moderated fire activity.

Activity slows on pair of fires in northeastern Alaska as BLM AFS keeps an eye out for new lightning-caused ignitions

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on June 20, 2021

Work is wrapping up on two fires in northeastern Alaska as BLM Alaska Fire Service keeps an eye out for new starts from lightning that have dotted the warmest and driest part of the state in the past few days. BLM AFS personnel will continue flying detection flights over areas that experienced lightning. Update on Little Albert Creek Fire; Olsons Lake Fire and Preacher Creek Fire burning in the Upper Yukon Fire Management Zone.