9:00 PM – Air Attack is coordinating aerial suppression efforts on the Rapeseed Fire (#275), with two multi-engine water scoopers, two single-engine water scoopers, two air tankers carrying water, and a helicopter with bucket are actively engaged on the incident. A squad of White Mountain T2IA Crew members and a dozer are… Read More ›
Alaska’s wildfire season is progressing from Spring’s wind driven fires in dry, fine fuels on the surface to Summer’s duff driven fires where lighting strikes ignite the decaying vegetation that make up the Boreal Forest floor and tundra areas. Slow moving thunderstorms developed across southern Alaska… Read More ›
6:30 PM – Helitack completed its bucket operations and returned to base with its firefighters to be in position to respond to new fires as lightning continues to strike across the Interior. The DFFP engine and its crewmembers have also been released from the fire. The… Read More ›
The Tanana Fire (#232) was reported just after 6 p.m. and is estimated at 1 acre. The fire is burning in black spruce and tundra approximately 6 miles west of Mile 295 of the Parks Highway near the 2023 Shores Landing Fire. Water scooping aircraft and Smokejumpers… Read More ›
11:45 PM – Evacuations will remain in place for the Starry Fire (#234). Those needing shelter can go to the Tri-Valley School, 400 Suntrana Rd, Healy, Alaska. Contact the Denali Borough for shelter information at (907) 378-7985. The name of the fire needed to be… Read More ›
8:30 PM – There is dozer line or swamp around 80% of the Granite Fire (#222) perimeter. Areas of heat are still evident in the fire’s interior but progress on containment lines is going well. The incident commander is releasing all of the fixed wing aircraft to be available for response to… Read More ›
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 ›
4:00 PM Update – Firefighters working on the Stampede Fire (#198) have completed a grid search and found no areas of heat or visible smoke Wednesday. The fire has been declared contained and controlled. The Initial Attack Squad has been released from the fire and… Read More ›
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection is responding to a new fire along Fish Creek 10.25-miles west of Milepost 251 Parks Highway. Helitack launched from Fairbanks Area Forestry and discovered the Stampede Fire (#198) a 3-acre fire actively burning in tundra around 7:00 PM Tuesday. Helitack deployed its firefighters and… Read More ›
Burn Permits will be suspended effective tomorrow Saturday, June 13th, in the Fairbanks and Delta Fire Prevention Area. This suspension is due to the warm weather, lack of significant wetting rain, high winds and a Red Flag Warning in Delta…. Read More ›
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