Wildland firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry and BLM Alaska Fire Service suppressed two wildfires Saturday that were triggered by recreational shooting at shooting ranges in Fairbanks and Palmer. The first fire, the 9.1-acre Chena Hot Springs Road Shooting… Read More ›
Butte Volunteer Fire Department
Dry, pre-greenup conditions lead to more grass fires in Southcentral Alaska
An escaped lawn burn destroyed a storage shed in Homer on Sunday and there were three more grass fires reported in the Mat-Su Valley over the weekend, evidence that wildland fire season has officially arrived in Southcentral Alaska. With the… Read More ›