Update for Wednesday June 16th with video update by IC3 trainee Torrey Short. If you prefer to watch on YouTube, click here: youtu.be/aJYd0DUC3Io Containment on the 102-acre Loon Lake Fire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge increased to 30… Read More ›
Here’s a 7 p.m. photo of the Loon Lake Fire following a ramped-up aerial assault on the 150-acre wildfire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge that included water drops from two water-scooping aircraft from the BLM Alaska Fire Service… Read More ›
Four firefighters from the Kenai/Kodiak Area Forestry station remained overnight on the Loon Lake Fire (#180) after arriving Saturday night to begin suppression action. The fire was reported at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday by multiple parties, both from the Sterling… Read More ›
An escaped lawn burn destroyed a storage shed in Homer on Sunday and there were three more grass fires reported in the Mat-Su Valley over the weekend, evidence that wildland fire season has officially arrived in Southcentral Alaska. With the… Read More ›
Firefighters from the Kenai/Kodiak Area forestry station are mopping up a small wildfire that was reported Tuesday afternoon near Tustumena Lake on the Kenai Peninsula. The Border Lake Fire (#348) is estimated at ½ acre and is located about 3… Read More ›
Moderating weather and increased precipitation on the Kenai Peninsula have prompted the Alaska Division of Forestry to lift the two-month long burn permit suspension as of 8 a.m. today, opening the way for cautious, permitted burning. Concerns that the COVID-19… Read More ›
Firefighters on the Kenai Peninsula are mopping up a second holdover fire from last summer’s Swan Lake Fire that was reported Thursday afternoon by multiple motorists on the Sterling Highway. The Swan Lake Overwinter #2 Fire is estimated at 7.2… Read More ›
With widespread weekend rain reducing wildfire danger across much of the state, the Alaska Division of Forestry is rescinding its near-statewide burn permit suspension everywhere except on the Kenai Peninsula, effective immediately. The burn suspension will remain in effect on… Read More ›
With the state’s second-worst wildland fire season looming large in Alaskans’ memories, Governor Mike Dunleavy has proclaimed Wildland Fire Prevention and Preparedness Week (May 10-16) to help reduce the risk of a replay this summer. The governor, along with fire… Read More ›
The Alaska Division of Forestry deployed its first air retardant tanker of the season on Sunday to help combat a small wildfire threatening cabins in the Caribou Hills near Ninilchik on the Kenai Peninsula. State Forestry wildland firefighters and firefighters… Read More ›
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