There were no new fires reported Thursday in Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection’s southwest fire prevention area. A low-pressure system that continues to linger in the Bering Sea will keep the southwest coast cooler and wetter. In contrast,… Read More ›
Thursday’s weather is forecast to be similar to Wednesday across Southwest Alaska. The coast will remain cooler, unsettled, and moist the next few days. Inland areas will be warmer and relative drier over the next few days. Unlike the last… Read More ›
Firefighters are making solid progress on five staffed fires in Southwest Alaska. While ground resources work in conjunction with aerial support to push containment percentages up on staffed fires, several other unstaffed fires continue to grow. The decision whether or… Read More ›
The Division of Forestry & Fire Protection has deployed additional resources to Southwest Alaska and suppression efforts are underway. In response to the bloom of new fires in the wake of Monday’s lightning, resources have been assigned to fires based… Read More ›
Lightning continues to sweep across Alaska and is blamed for leaving at least 57 new fires in its wake since Saturday. Most these new fires are in Western Alaska including the 15 new fires Wednesday in the BLM Alaska Fire… Read More ›
July 12, 2015 FIRE REPORT, SOUTHWEST AREA July 12, 2015 FIRES NEAR TELIDA Fire 733 –Bear Island Lake is a new 2,019-acre lightning caused fire about 6 miles from the Deaphon and Heldina Eluska home on their Native allotment at… Read More ›
FIRE REPORT, SOUTHWEST AREA, July 5, 2015 Contact: Francis Mitchell, Public Information Officer, SW Area, Div. of Forestry Ph 907 524 0064 fireinfoSWS@gmail.com During the next four days, there will be no daily press release fire reports for Southwest because… Read More ›
FIRE REPORT, SOUTHWEST AREA Contact: Francis Mitchell, Public Information Officer, SW Area, Div. of Forestry Ph 907 524 0064 fireinfoSWS@gmail.comSTAFFED FIRES Fire 547 –North Aniak, on the north side of the Kuskokwim river has been moving west toward Upper Kalskag…. Read More ›
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