Wildfire activity in Alaska continues to escalate as a result of thousands of lightning strikes in the western and southwestern parts of the state. Many of the new fires detected Wednesday are in remote areas designated as Limited protection zones and pose… Read More ›
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… Read More ›
Smokejumpers are enroute to a tundra grass fire that has burned an estimated 2,000 acres about 16 miles east of Point Hope. The load of eight smokejumpers was sent to the Tusikpak Lake Fire (#116) that is burning in a modified… Read More ›
Alaska Wildland Fire Information 