BLM Alaska Fire Service personnel are working on four fires spread from one end of the state of the other. After spending roughly five hours traveling about 575 miles Monday evening to reach the Tusikpak Lake Fire (#116) burning near Point Hope, eight BLM Alaska Fire Service smokejumpers have been working to bring the 2,000-acre […]
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BLM AFS busy with fires across northern Alaska
June 5, 2018 
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Firefighters mop up small wildfire along Steese Highway north of Fairbanks
June 11, 2017 Comments Off on Firefighters mop up small wildfire along Steese Highway north of Fairbanks
Firefighters from the Alaska Division of Forestry and BLM Alaska Fire Service spent Sunday mopping up a small wildfire near Milepost 63 of the Steese Highway north of Fairbanks. The Little Caribou Creek Fire was reported by a passing motorist at approximately 5 p.m. Saturday. The fire was estimated at 4 acres and was burning […]
Continue readingState Forestry knocks down wildfire north of Fairbanks at 40 acres
June 25, 2016 Comments Off on State Forestry knocks down wildfire north of Fairbanks at 40 acres
An aggressive initial attack has knocked down a 40-acre lightning-caused wildfire burning 25 miles north of Fairbanks and crews are now working on keeping the fire contained.The The 2016 Washington Creek Fire was knocked down at approximately 40 acres with the help of air retardant tankers, water-scooping aircraft, a Fairbanks helitack squad, smokejumpers and two […]
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