A year after the second-largest fire season on record in Alaska, the 2015 fire season is still smoking. The Alaska Division of Forestry has detected 16 “holdover” fires so far this season, including one on Saturday that ignited the 8,130-acre… Read More ›
A wind-driven wildfire in a remote part of Southwest Alaska had grown to at least 1,650 acres as of Sunday night and is expected to merge with another, smaller wildfire burning 3-4 miles to the north sometime today. The Alaska… Read More ›
SOUTHWEST AREA FIRES July 13, 2015 WATCHED FIRES On Sunday, two detection flights monitored 28 of the 85 active fires in the Southwest management area. Generally, observed fires’ behaviors were moderate and not markedly changed from earlier monitoring overflights. Monitoring… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 