A fire burning outside the Stebbins dump and another burning on the tundra 29 miles to the south kept BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers busy throughout most of Friday night and a good portion of Saturday morning. Instead of settling down as expected due to humidity levels on the Norton Sound coast, the Romanoff Fire […]
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Tag Archives: Galena Zone Fires
BLM AFS smokejumpers, aircraft kept busy by west coast fires
June 17, 2017 
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Lightning triggers 19 new starts in BLM AFS’s Galena Zone Tuesday
June 7, 2017 Comments Off on Lightning triggers 19 new starts in BLM AFS’s Galena Zone Tuesday
BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Galena Zone experienced 19 new starts Tuesday due to a rash of lightning hitting the southwestern Yukon River corridor. The new starts occurred in either limited – the lowest priority – and full management option areas. Many of these new fires were discovered along the western coast from Unalakleet to Point […]
Continue reading Fire gains ground, threatens lodge near Gates of the Arctic
July 16, 2016 Comments Off on Fire gains ground, threatens lodge near Gates of the Arctic
July 16, 2016 – A fire burning 25 miles east of Kobuk grew from 1,355 to an estimated 35,000 acres and pushed nine miles in two days thanks to recent record high temperatures, low humidity and winds. The Mauneluk River 2 fire (#386) was spotted by an Alaska Fire Service fire detection aircraft on July 14 after lightning […]
Continue reading BLM AFS sees 21 new fires Thursday
July 15, 2016 Comments Off on BLM AFS sees 21 new fires Thursday
July 15, 2016 – For the second day in a row, there were more than 40 new fires in Alaska, most of them burning in a limited protection area in remote parts of the state. BLM Alaska Fire Service will launch detection flights throughout much of the zones that make up the upper half of […]
Continue readingGalena Area Fires update, July 14
July 14, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Area Fires update, July 14
July 14, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer: Mike Johnson Phone: 907-987-9838 What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located near Ruby, Alaska on the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone. The major firefighting efforts at this time are concentrated on 3 fires on the […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, July 12
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July 12, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone, stretching over 150 river miles from east to west. The […]
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July 11, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 11
July 11, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone, stretching over 150 river miles from east to west. The […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, July 7
July 7, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 7
Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone, stretching over 150 river miles from east to west. The major firefighting efforts […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, July 6
July 6, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 6
Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AT GALENA FIRES Contact Us: galenafires2015@gmail.com or http://inciweb.gov/incident/4327/ What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone, […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, July 5
July 5, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 5
Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AT GALENA FIRES Contact Us: galenafires2015@gmail.com or http://inciweb.gov/incident/4327/ Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires are located on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone, stretching over 150 river […]
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