Fires in Alaska 2009 Fires in Alaska 16 July 2009 This NOAA-15 satellite image shows dense smoke from the Alaskan wildfires has drifted to the east and northeast across the central and eastern region of the state. IMAGE D6140: NOAA-15 <> Image Type=combined <> 7/15/2009 00:17:49 UTC. source: www.osei.noaa.gov 24. November 2017/by GFMCadmin