Butte Volunteer Fire Department

A smoke column from a wildfire burning on a hillside at a shooting range on Chena Hot Springs Road rises into the air with snow-covered mountains in the distance.

Fires at shooting ranges in Fairbanks and Palmer prompt responses from state forestry

By Alaska Division of Forestry on May 9, 2021

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 ›

Dry, pre-greenup conditions lead to more grass fires in Southcentral Alaska

By Alaska Division of Forestry on April 26, 2021

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 ›