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The Miller’s Reach Fire, also known as the Big Lake Fire, was a wildfire that began on June 2, 1996 in an area around Miller’s Reach Road near Houston, Alaska, approximately 33 miles (53 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. The fire burned over 37,000 acres (15,000 ha), destroyed at least 344 structures, [3] and caused more than $10 million in ...
As of Monday, 309 wildfires so far this year have burned nearly 672 square miles (1,740 square kilometers) in Alaska, the nation’s largest state. Seventeen of those fires started in the last day ...
In order to exercise efficient emergency management, states susceptible to wildfires have collaborated to develop the Firewise Communities USA Recognition Program.The Firewise Communities Program focuses on reducing the loss of life and property, in terms of wildfires, by providing resources to allow communities to build responsibly in natural surroundings and assist one another in preparing ...
The all-female fire crew will be battling more than 200 wildfires blazing through the state of Alaska. Meet the all-female fire crew battling the ‘unprecedented’ wildfires in Alaska Skip to ...
This refuge was created in 1941 as the Kenai National Moose Range, but in 1980 it was changed to its present status by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. The refuge is administered from offices in Soldotna. The Kenai Wilderness protects 1,354,247 acres of the refuge as wilderness area. [2]
Jul. 8—An unknown number of homes and cabins were destroyed by a wildfire Wednesday night as conditions suddenly worsened near the Interior Alaska town of Anderson off the Parks Highway. Winds ...
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy meets with firefighters on August 25, 2019. The Deshka Landing Fire was reported on August 17, 2019, around 8:00 p.m., five miles southwest of Willow, Alaska. [1] On August 23, the Northwest Incident Management Team reported that high winds grew the fire to 1,543 acres (624 ha) and it was 15 percent contained.
By mid-August 2019, Alaska's fire season had already set records. Wildfires were threatening Cooper Landing on the Kenai Peninsula and covering much the state with smoke. Record-low rain fell in ...