12:30p.m.—As work winds down on two lightning-caused, tundra fires in southwest Alaska, firefighters are bracing for fires in other parts of the state that are drying out. Red Flag Warnings for high fire danger have been issued today for the… Read More ›
The state Division of Forestry is monitoring two, and possibly three, coal seam fires that popped up near Healy as a result of the recent hot, dry, windy weather. The larger of the three fires, the 108-acre French Gulch Fire,… Read More ›
State and federal firefighters are working aggressively to suppress a 160-acre wildfire burning near the Steese Highway between Central and Circle, about 155 miles north of Fairbanks. Sixteen smokejumpers from the Bureau of Land Management’s Alaska Fire Service are on… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 