9:30 AM June 1, 2014 Community Barbeque for Firefighters from 6 – 8 PM Sunday at the Sport Center in Soldotna The Kenai Peninsula and the Funny River Fire received wetting rain Saturday along with 15 to 25 mile per… Read More ›
Funny River Fire
Funny River Fire update: 193,243 acres with 54% containment
10:00 AM May 31, 2014 Alaska Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell will be visiting the ICP this afternoon and available at the 1:30pm Media briefing. Fire crews took advantage of the cool and damp conditions as they continued to “mop-up” (extinguish… Read More ›
Funny River Fire update: 192,831 acres with 46% containment
10:00 AM May 29, 2014 No evacuation notices or alerts are in effect for the fire area. The Lower Skilak Lake Campground and boat launch are now open; burn ban remains in effect. Fire crews are taking advantage of the… Read More ›
Funny River Fire update: 183,294 acres with 30% containment
10:45 am May 28, 2014 All remaining evacuation advisories have been lifted for areas near the fire. Cooler, damper weather moderated fire activity on Tuesday which allowed firefighters to switch from defense to offence for the first time since the… Read More ›
Funny River Fire update: 182,009 acres with 30% containment
9:30 am May 27, 2014 Community meetings tonight Firefighters made excellent progress yesterday extending containment lines on the west side of the fire in the Kasilof and Sterling Highway areas. Crews also completed burnout operations along the northern perimeter (south… Read More ›
Funny River Fire update
1:30 p.m. 158,585 acres with 30% containment The Funny River Fire crossed the Kenai River Sunday afternoon near Torpedo Lake just east of the Kenai Keys. Several spot fires within the Keys did minor damage but were quickly put out…. Read More ›
Funny River Fire Update and Map
ALASKA INTERAGENCY INCIDENT MANAGEMENT TYPE 2 TEAM Rob Allen, INCIDENT COMMANDER FIRE INFORMATION PHONE: (907) 714-2484 FACEBOOK: Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team INCIWEB: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/3878/ EMAIL: funnyriverfire@gmail.com 9:30 am May 25, 2014 FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 123,649 acres with 20% containment… Read More ›
Funny River Fire Evacuation Advisory
There is an evacuation advisory in place for the east side (fire side) of the Sterling Highway from Kalifornsky Beach road at the Soldotna end, to mile marker 109 which is the Kasilof Bridge. The advisory is also for all of… Read More ›
Funny River Fire Update & Map
FUNNY RIVER FIRE UPDATE 9:30 am 96,584 acres with 20% containment Yesterday firefighters made further progress constructing fire containment lines along the north and northwest sides of the #funnyriverfire and containment is now at 20 percent. At 5 PM, the fire… Read More ›
Evacuation Readiness Issued For Pollard Loop Area Near Funny River Fire
Pollard Loop Subdivision, on the Sterling Hwy between Soldotna and Kasilof, was placed under a evacuation readiness advisory about 1:30 pm Friday. This is not an evacuation order. This means get ready as an evacuation request could be issued in the… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 