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About 50 firefighters and aircraft dropping retardant and water contained the fire north of the park’s entrance, the Bureau of Land Management's Alaska Fire Service said in a late Sunday update.
The Swan Lake Fire was a large lightning-caused wildfire that burnt between Sterling and Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska from June 5, 2019, until the autumn of that year. [2] In total, the fire burned approximately 170,000 acres (69,000 hectares).
The Shanta Creek Wildfire was a lightning caused forest fire that started on June 29, 2009, in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge on the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska. More than 13,000 acres (53 km 2 ; 20 sq mi) were burned and over 400 personnel were involved in the firefighting effort.
Nov. 4—Two people died and five others were taken to the hospital after a fire at an East Anchorage fourplex early Saturday, the fire department reported. A preliminary investigation indicated ...
A fire broke out on a boat in Seward Harbor, Alaska, on February 16, leaving one person dead, according to local media reports.Firefighters who responded to the blaze said that they had discovered ...
The 2004 Alaska fire season was the worst wildfire season on record in the U.S. state of Alaska in terms of area burned. [2] Though the 1989 fire season recorded more fires, nearly 1,000, the 2004 season burned more than 6,600,000 acres (10,300 sq mi; 27,000 km2) in just 701 fires. [1] The largest of these fires was the Taylor Complex Fire. [3]
On July 13, 2015 it was reported by multiple news sources in Alaska that Greg Imig and Amy Dewitt of Anchorage faced numerous charges in relation to the Sockeye Fire, including reckless endangerment, criminally negligent burning, and allowing a fire to spread. [10] [11] The newly engaged couple were reportedly vacationing at a cabin Dewitt owned.
Alaska forestry officials say new wildfires were reported in the state after a line of thunderstorms passed through on Monday. (June 7) Crews battling fire near Alaska tourist town [Video]