Today brought a shift in resources on the Oskawalik Fire (#122), located about 4 miles south of Crooked Creek. Southwest Crew #1 completed their assignment and was demobilized from the fire, beginning their journey home. Replacing them, a portion of… Read More ›
Rainfall and cooler temperatures across the fire area yesterday allowed firefighters to make good progress on increasing containment to 85% while securing the fire line on the 1,779-acre Oskawalik Fire, 4 miles south of Crooked Creek. As the fire perimeter becomes… Read More ›
Recent rainfall has contributed to moderating fire activity on the Oskawalik Fire, holding at 1,779 acres and 80% containment. The change in weather has provided fire personnel with a valuable window to shift priorities from aggressive suppression to reinforcing and… Read More ›
The Oskawalik Fire, located approximately 5 miles southwest of Crooked Creek, is currently holding at 1,779 acres and has reached 80% containment. A total of 41 personnel remain assigned to the fire. Recent rainfall limited the ability to carry out aggressive… Read More ›
Crews continue to make good progress towards containment efforts on the 1,779 acre Oskawalik Fire (#122) 9 miles south of Crooked Creek. Today, crews will continue working towards full containment as they continue gridding for hotspots along the fire’s perimeter…. Read More ›
The Oskawalik Fire, burning 9 miles southwest of Crooked Creek, is holding at 1,779 acres and has reached 75% containment. With fire activity decreasing, crews remain focused on securing the perimeter and mopping up interior hotspots to protect nearby cultural… Read More ›
With the help of cooler weather patterns and strong efforts from hand crews, containment has reached 60% on the Oskawalik Fire (#122), burning 9 miles south Crooked Creek in southwest Alaska. No new fire growth was reported overnight. Crews, with… Read More ›
The Oskawalik Fire (#122), burning 9 miles south of Crooked Creek continues to stay within the fire perimeter because of the diligence and hard work by firefighters assigned. The fire showed very little growth over the past day allowing fire… Read More ›
The 1,779 acre Oskawalik Fire (#122), 9 miles south of Crooked Creek along the Kuskokwim River, exhibited very little growth over the past 24 hours allowing fire crews the opportunity to increase containment to 35%. This morning, as containment… Read More ›
The Oskawalik Fire (#122), burning in black spruce and tundra roughly ten miles south of Crooked Creek, remains at 1,779 acres and is now 30% contained. Firefighters continue operating under a full suppression strategy, with 85 personnel assigned to the… Read More ›
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