After mobilizing two additional crews to the approximately 102-acre Loon Lake Fire on Monday, today’s objective is for the crews to connect a saw line that has been cut around part of the fire with hose lays that have been… Read More ›
Swan Lake Fire
Loon Lake Fire 15% contained and size reduced to 75 acres, more firefighters on the way
Better mapping has reduced the size of the Loon Lake Fire (#180) burning in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge from 150 to approximately 75 acres as of early Monday morning. Little growth was expected overnight following an aggressive aerial attack… Read More ›
Aerial attack greatly reduces fire behavior on 150-acre Loon Lake Fire
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 ›
Loon Lake Fire in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge grows to almost 6 acres but minimal fire activity reported
Four firefighters from the Kenai/Kodiak Area Forestry station remained overnight on the Loon Lake Fire (#180) after arriving Saturday night to begin suppression action. The fire was reported at approximately 8 p.m. Saturday by multiple parties, both from the Sterling… Read More ›
State forestry firefighters responding to small wildfire in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
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 ›
Mushroom pickers discover hot spot from last summer’s Shovel Creek Fire
Mushroom pickers on Thursday discovered a small hot spot that overwintered from last summer’s Shovel Creek Fire northwest of Fairbanks. The mushroom pickers notified the Alaska Division of Forestry at 3:30 p.m. and flagged a trail to the hot spot… Read More ›
Firefighters respond to second Swan Lake Fire holdover near Sterling Highway
Firefighters on the Kenai Peninsula are mopping up a second holdover fire from last summer’s Swan Lake Fire that was reported Thursday afternoon by multiple motorists on the Sterling Highway. The Swan Lake Overwinter #2 Fire is estimated at 7.2… Read More ›
Firefighters extinguish first holdover from Swan Lake Fire on Kenai Peninsula
The first holdover fire from the 2019 Swan Lake Fire was reported on Tuesday along the Sterling Highway east of Soldotna. Multiple passing motorists reported smoke visible from the north side of the highway near milepost 66.5 at around 10:40… Read More ›
State Forestry monitoring hot spots that overwintered from Deshka Landing Fire
The Alaska Division of Forestry is monitoring several hot spots from last summer’s Deshka Landing Fire near Willow that have been reported over the course of the winter. The first reports of smoke and smoldering were provided by trail groomers… Read More ›
Final Video Update from the Swan Lake Fire, October 1, 2019
Swan Lake Fire to Transition to local Kenai Kodiak Forestry Office on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 The #SwanLakeFire will transition to the local Kenai Kodiak Office tomorrow (Oct. 2, 2019) morning. This video covers the final messages from Zane Brown, Type 3 Team… Read More ›
