Two human-caused wildfires that ignited near villages in rural Southwest Alaska earlier this week are now 100 percent contained and firefighters will spend another day mopping up before demobilizing. The Pilot Point Fire (#104) near the village of Pilot Point… Read More ›
Kiktak island Fire
Firefighters almost done mopping up two wildfires near Southwest Alaska villages of Pilot Point and Akiachak
Firefighters are wrapping up work on two human-caused wildfires smoldering in rural Southwest Alaska, one near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak on the Kuskokwim River The Pilot Point Fire… Read More ›
Firefighters gain ground containing two wildfires burning near Southwest Alaska villages
Firefighters are making good progress in containing two human-caused fires burning in Southwest Alaska, one near the village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak on the Kuskokwim River. The Kiktak Island Fire… Read More ›
Firefighters continue work to contain Southwest Alaska wildfires near Pilot Point and Akiachak
Firefighters continue working to stamp out two human-caused wildfires burning in southwest Alaska, one near the coastal village of Pilot Point on the Alaska Peninsula and one near the village of Akiachak along the Kuskokwim River. Twelve smokejumpers from the… Read More ›
Smokejumpers deployed to wildfire threatening fish camp, allotments on Kuskokwim River near Akiachak
The Alaska Division of Forestry deployed 12 smokejumpers on an estimated 100-acre wildfire burning near the village of Akiachak in southwest Alaska Tuesday afternoon to protect a fish camp and Native allotments surrounding the fire. The smokejumpers, from the BLM… Read More ›
