Alaska’s wildfire season is progressing from Spring’s wind driven fires in dry, fine fuels on the surface to Summer’s duff driven fires where lighting strikes ignite the decaying vegetation that make up the Boreal Forest floor and tundra areas. Slow moving thunderstorms developed across southern Alaska… Read More ›
4:00 PM Update – Firefighters working on the Stampede Fire (#198) have completed a grid search and found no areas of heat or visible smoke Wednesday. The fire has been declared contained and controlled. The Initial Attack Squad has been released from the fire and… Read More ›
Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection is responding to a new fire along Fish Creek 10.25-miles west of Milepost 251 Parks Highway. Helitack launched from Fairbanks Area Forestry and discovered the Stampede Fire (#198) a 3-acre fire actively burning in tundra around 7:00 PM Tuesday. Helitack deployed its firefighters and… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 