Work is steadily winding down on the seven staffed fires within the U.S. Wildland Fire Service protection area in northern Alaska as fire managers turn their focus on the potential for new fires in the upcomign days. Here’s a rundown of these staffed fires.
Fire activity across Alaska has picked up this week, and response from the U.S. Wildland Fire Service has been both aggressive and effective. Several new wildfires ignited in Western Alaska since Sunday, some of which prompted immediate action from smokejumpers… Read More ›
Containment has reached 90%, meaning firefighters have built a secure control line around the fire and extinguished remaining hot spots within the perimeter. With these measures in place, the fire is not expected to spread further in these areas. It remains 21 acres.
Smokejumpers worked through the early morning hours and held the fire to an estimated 21 acres with 60% containment.
Twelve smokejumpers from Galena and an Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection air tanker loaded with retardant are responding to a wind‑driven tundra fire that escaped from the Selawik landfill today.
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 