Fires in Alaska
LARGE FIRES IN ALASKA
Heat signatures (red) and smoke plumes (light blue haze) are visible from fires burning in Alaska and Canada’s Yukon. The National Interagency Fire Center’s Incident Management Situation Report from 07/07/2004 reports the Wolf Creek Fire Northeast of Fairbanks has burned 200,000 acres and was 0% contained. The Boundary Fire northeast of Fairbanks had burned 312,000 acres and was 27% contained. The Fort Hamlin Hills fire had burned 45,000 acres and was 5% contained. Source: OSEI
Boundary and Wolf Creek fire map, 08 July 2004, Source: Alaska Fire Service
NEWS RELEASE
Alaska Interagency Coordination Center, Fort Wainwright, Alaska
08 July, 18:00 hrs
Total Acres Burned in Alaska, 2004: 2,071,316
Total Fires Statewide: 361
Fires Currently Active: 73
All available Type 2 firefighting crews in Alaska (56 crews) are currently assigned to afire!
Statewide ban on sale and use of fireworks
Boundary Fire
The North Star Borough is hosting a public meeting tonight at 8:30 pm at the Hilltop Truck Stop and Café. The Rocky Mountain Type 1 Incident Management Team will provide an update on the Boundary Fire.
Some areas of unburned fuel burned out today. The fire experienced some growth on the east, south of the Steese Highway at milepost 70. (The highway is open.) The south perimeter of the fire is slowly backing toward the Little Chena River.
Wolf Creek Fire
Fire managers will hold another meeting tonight to update the public on the Wolf Creek Fire. The meeting will be held at 7:00 pm at the Chena Hot Springs Resort.
Structural protection continues to be successful in all areas around the Chena Hot Springs Resort, and in the North Fork and West Fork drainages. Crews are working to prevent any fire movement beyond the current perimeter south of Chena Hot Springs Road. Portions of the southeast perimeter are still hot; a Blackhawk helicopter worked on cooling down these areas with water drops. Firefighters are working on establishing a system of pumps and hose lays to reinforce fuel breaks near four cabins in the Olympia Creek and West Fork drainages.
Source: Alaska Fire Service
