Firefighters have achieved 100% containment on the Grandview Fire (#204). Over the past several days, the Gannet Glacier Type 2IA Crew continued intensive mop-up operations, gridding 200 feet into the fire interior to locate and extinguish any remaining heat. Crews… Read More ›
Firefighters have achieved 90% containment on the Grandview Fire (#204). Yesterday’s efforts included establishing a 100-foot grid into the fire interior to identify and extinguish remaining heat sources. Today, the Gannet Glacier Type 2IA Crew is advancing further into the… Read More ›
Progress continues on the Grandview Fire (#204), successfully completing efforts to secure 50 feet inside the fire perimeter. An excavator has been used to remove hazardous trees and break apart berms, locating hidden heat and reducing safety hazards. Fire activity… Read More ›
Firefighters continue to make steady progress on the Grandview Fire (#204), which is now 60% contained. On Friday, fire activity remained minimal, allowing crews to focus on strengthening containment lines. Firefighters completed a hose lay around the fire perimeter and… Read More ›
Firefighters continue to make steady progress on the Grandview Fire (#204), which was determined to have been caused by an escaped campfire. Crews are working on completing dozer line around the fire perimeter and are continuing to strengthen containment lines… Read More ›
Firefighters continue to make steady progress on the Grandview Fire (#204), which now sits at 89 acres, following more accurate mapping. The fire was driven east by winds on Wednesday but was successfully kept south of a transmission powerline corridor…. Read More ›
11:00 PM – Dozer line has been completed along the southern flank the Grandview Fire (#204) and the northern side has been reinforced with retardant. Resources on scene are working late into the evening. Fire activity has decreased, with heat… Read More ›
Here’s a 7 p.m. photo of the Loon Lake Fire following a ramped-up aerial assault on the 150-acre wildfire burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge that included water drops from two water-scooping aircraft from the BLM Alaska Fire Service… Read More ›
The Alaska Division of Forestry is tackling a small, remote, lightning-caused wildfire in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge near the same area the Swan Lake Fire started two years ago. State forestry is inserting a Helitack load of four firefighters… Read More ›
While recent weather conditions have decreased smoke in most areas, warmer weather and persistent drought may cause an increase in fire activity over the next few days. Light haze may also develop over Juneau from fires in Canada, but air… Read More ›
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