At approximately 7:30 p.m. Wednesday evening, a fire was reported off Healy Spur Road. The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection, along with the Tri-Valley Volunteer Fire Department and Anderson Fire Department, responded to the Gagnon Coal Seam Fire (#206)…. Read More ›
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State forestry still monitoring coal seam fires near Healy
May 22, 1:55 p.m.– The Alaska Division of Forestry continues actively monitoring the five small fires east of Healy that began earlier this week from smoldering coal seams. On Thursday, the Type 3 Incident Commander Clinton Northway surveyed all five… Read More ›
Popavich Fire in coal seams outside Healy
May 29 5:00 p.m. A smoldering fire in a coal seam outside of Healy is starting to put up a noticeable column of smoke. The Popavich Fire, reported on May 24, 2014, by a passing pilot, is a 20 acre… Read More ›