Smokejumpers are mopping up the Shovun Lake Fire (#371) a day after they and four Fire Boss airplanes were able to contain the new fire burning north of Fort Yukon Saturday. The eight smokejumpers and four water-scooping airplanes were sent to the fire soon after it was discovered by BLM Alaska Fire Service personnel aboard […]
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Smokejumpers, water-scooping aircraft successfully contain fire north of Fort Yukon
July 30, 2017 
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Smokejumpers work on old fire after it roars back to life
July 13, 2017 Comments Off on Smokejumpers work on old fire after it roars back to life
Activity on a 1-1/2 month old fire burning 48 miles southeast of Galena picked up recently, prompting BLM Alaska Fire Service officials to send 16 smokejumpers Wednesday to protect a cabin and Native allotments from the Khotol Fire (#183). A load of eight smokejumpers parachuted near a cabin that was about 1.5 mile from the […]
Continue reading Rain takes edge off fire activity in southwest and western Alaska
June 10, 2017 Comments Off on Rain takes edge off fire activity in southwest and western Alaska
Widespread rain has diminished wildfire activity in southwest and western Alaska the past two days, though several fires continue to burn and grow in size. Just about all the fires burning in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area and the BLM Alaska Fire Service’s Galena Zone received varying amounts of precipitation over the past […]
Continue reading BLM AFS works on fire near Anvik
June 5, 2017 Comments Off on BLM AFS works on fire near Anvik
Efforts are underway to suppress a wildfire burning about two miles southwest of Anvik. Eight BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers and two water scooping airplanes were busy working on the fire Sunday night after it was reported at about 7:30 p.m. Neither the village nor other structures are immediately threatened. The Deadmans Slough Fire (#162) […]
Continue reading Village crews help on Lower 48 fires
September 2, 2016 Comments Off on Village crews help on Lower 48 fires
Sept. 2, 2016 – Five 20-person rural Alaska Emergency Firefighter (EFF) crews headed south late last week to help work on a handful of wildland fires burning in the Lower 48. Two crews from Chevak and one each from Hooper Bay, Kaltag and Huslia first landed in California near where the Alaska Interagency Management Team […]
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 13
July 13, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Area Fires update; July 13
July 13, 2015 Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram/transitioning to Erin Burkhammer & Mike Johnson 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. The major firefighting efforts at […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, July 9
July 9, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 9
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 2
July 2, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, July 2
Galena Zone Fires Contact: Public Information Officer: Peri Suenram Phone: 907-987-9838 Contact Us: galenafires2015@gmail.com or http://inciweb.gov/incident/4327/ CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AT GALENA FIRES Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone. The major firefighting […]
Continue readingGalena Zone Fires update, June 29
June 29, 2015 Comments Off on Galena Zone Fires update, June 29
June 29, 2015 Contact: Public Information Officer: Bob MacGregor Phone: 907-987-9838 *Note New Phone* What: Galena Zone Fires Cause: Lightning Location: A series of fires on both sides of the Yukon River within the Galena Fire Management Zone and the western end of the Tanana Zone. The major firefighting efforts at this time are concentrated […]
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