Weather permitting, firefighters will be released this weekend from the only two wildfires still being staffed in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area between McGrath and Dillingham. Tentative demobilization is scheduled for Friday for the 42 personnel on the 220-acre Paimiut Fire approximately 20 miles southeast of Holy Cross. The 33 personnel still working […]
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Work nearing completion on two Southwest Area fires
June 21, 2017 
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State forestry managing 119-acre wildfire southwest of McGrath
June 19, 2017 Comments Off on State forestry managing 119-acre wildfire southwest of McGrath
Wildland firefighters are managing a lightning-caused wildfire that was reported late Saturday morning about 150 miles southwest of McGrath, according to the Alaska Division of Forestry. The Paimiut Fire, named after the nearby Paimiut Slough, is estimated at 119 acres. Six smokejumpers from the BLM Alaska Fire Service were dropped on the fire Saturday afternoon […]
Continue readingOnly one staffed fire left in Southwest Area around McGrath
June 16, 2017 Comments Off on Only one staffed fire left in Southwest Area around McGrath
Firefighting personnel on one of the two remaining staffed fires in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area were demobilized on Friday and the one remaining staffed fire will be downsizing this weekend. More than a dozen wildfires were started by lighting between June 4-7 in the Southwest Area, which encompasses 88 million acres between […]
Continue reading Work on wildfires in Southwest Alaska is nearly complete
June 15, 2017 Comments Off on Work on wildfires in Southwest Alaska is nearly complete
Firefighting personnel are completing mop up work on the only two remaining staffed fires in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area between Dillingham and McGrath. More than dozen wildfires were started by lightning more than a week ago but rain and the work by firefighters have brought them under control. The 72 personnel assigned […]
Continue reading Firefighters still mopping up two wildfires in Southwest Alaska
June 14, 2017 Comments Off on Firefighters still mopping up two wildfires in Southwest Alaska
Firefighters continue mopping up two of the more than dozen wildfires that were started by lightning more than a week ago in the Alaska Division of Forestry’s Southwest Area between Dillingham and McGrath. Sixty personnel are still assigned to the 2,653-acre Bell Creek Fire burning near the village of Crooked Creek on the Kuskokwim River. […]
Continue readingWith help from rain, firefighters wrapping up work on fires in southwest, western Alaska
June 12, 2017 Comments Off on With help from rain, firefighters wrapping up work on fires in southwest, western Alaska
Despite recent widespread rain that has quelled wildfire activity across much of the state, the Alaska Division of Forestry and BLM Alaska Fire Service continue to staff six fires in southwest and western Alaska. Alaska Division of Forestry As of Monday morning, there were still 13 active fires in the Southwest Area between Dillingham and […]
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