The Susitna Fire (#235) is 100% contained. The Denali Mod spent Tuesday gridding the fire looking for hotspots to extinguish. They reported the fire had received some light precipitation over night. Tuesday afternoon five members of the module was reassigned… Read More ›
Susitna Fire
Denali Mod constructing saw line around Susitna Fire outside of Willow
Suppression Module Denali, a 10-member hand crew sponsored by Chugachmiut Tribal Consortium, spent the night on the Susitna Fire (#235) after their initial attack Sunday evening. The 0.77-acre fire was started by lightning along the Susitna River 4 miles west… Read More ›
Lightning start fire west of Willow along Susitna River
10:00 PM Update – Tanker-544 responded from Fairbanks along with Air Attack and dropped a load of retardant to keep the #SusitnaFire(#235) in check while firefighters were shuttled to the fire. Firefighters will work into the night to limit the… Read More ›