WILDFIRE UPDATE – Delta Area for the Pogo Mine Road Fire (#191) & Mount Hayes Fire (#299) Saturday – August 12, 2023 Additional resources continue arriving to help with structure protection and completion of incident objectives that will safeguard values… Read More ›
Pogo Mine Road Fire
Hot, dry and windy weather forecasted to bring increased fire activity to the Interior this weekend
Warmer and drier conditions are expected for the weekend and a wind event will bring near Red Flag conditions to the northern Interior. An increase in fire behavior is anticipated. Additional resources are getting into place in Alaska to prepare… Read More ›
Continued structure protection on the Pogo Mine Road & Mount Hayes Fires, community briefing today
A community briefing from fire managers will be held at the Big Delta Brewing Co. in Delta Junction Friday, August 11 at 6:00 pm. This informal, family-friendly, in-person briefing is a chance for residents to hear a fire update for… Read More ›
Precipitation and cooler temperatures aid fire moderation in Interior Alaska, air quality advisory persists
Scattered showers and cooler temperatures continue to help moderate fire activity in the Interior, though not every fire has received precipitation from recent storms. An air quality advisory remains in effect for central and eastern Alaska. The northern Yukon fires… Read More ›
Community briefing – Pogo Mine Rd & Mount Hayes fires Friday at 6:00 pm
A community briefing from Pogo Mine Road and Mount Hayes fire managers will be held at the Big Delta Brewing Co. in Delta Junction Friday, August 11 at 6:00 pm. This informal, family-friendly, in-person briefing is a chance for residents… Read More ›
More resources arrive to help with Delta area fires Pogo Mine Road Fire (#191) & Mount Hayes Fire (#299)
Personnel numbers increased on the Mount Hayes Fire (#299) as a 20-person crew from Oregon arrived Wednesday to lend a hand. Additional overhead also came in to help the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Management manage the wildfires in… Read More ›
Alaska’s Interior sees positive impact of recent rains, air quality advisory continues
There was minimal fire growth in the region and no new fires have been reported from yesterday’s lightning storms across the interior. Burn permit suspensions were lifted for the Copper River and Tok areas due to recent wetting rains, though… Read More ›
Field report from the Pogo Mine Road Fire (#191) at the Alyeska Pipeline & Mount Hayes Fire (#299) aerial footage
Public Information Officer Kale Casey takes you to the fireline on the Pogo Mine Road Fire (#191) to show some of the current operations and fire behavior. This video was taken Tuesday, August 8 after cooler weather with scattered rain… Read More ›
With help from cool, wet weather, crews make progress on Delta Junction area wildfires (#191 & #299)
Cooler temperatures, moist air, and rain gave firefighters the opportunity to directly attack some areas of the Pogo Mine Road Fire (#191), and more time to build secondary lines on the north flank of Mount Hayes Fire (#299). Firefighters were… Read More ›
Precipitation, higher relative humidity and cloud cover moderates activity on multiple incidents
Continued scattered showers and thunderstorms delivered precipitation to many fires across the region yesterday. Wetting rains, higher relative humidity and cloud cover moderated activity on multiple incidents, allowing personnel to take direct suppression actions along fire edges. Anair quality advisory… Read More ›
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