Hugo Creek Fire – Alaska Wildland Fire Information

Hugo Creek Fire

The Niglaktak Lake Fire (#256) is burning on an island within two miles from Selawik.

Rain helps smokejumpers, aircraft quell many of the two dozen new fires in Northwest Alaska

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on June 23, 2021

The combination of effort on the ground and from the air was successful in catching several northwestern fires before they could impact nearby Native allotments or structures. This, coupled isolated thunderstorms that accompanied the lightning that is to blame for… Read More ›

Map shows where the bulk of the 3,823 lightning strikes in Alaska and neighboring territories fell on June 22, 2021.

Lightning triggers at least a dozen new fires in northwestern Alaska

By BLM Alaska Fire Service on June 22, 2021

A wave of lightning moved across the northwestern part of the state Tuesday afternoon, triggering about a dozen new fires from Galena north to the Noatak River Valley. Some of the new fires drew quick response from smokejumpers, water-scooping aircraft and another aircraft to help coordinate the suppression efforts and relaying situational information back to BLM AFS Galena Zone fire managers in Galena.