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Birch Lake Fire transitions to Type 4 team

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Birch Lake Fire transitions to Type 4 team

The Birch Lake Fire (#309) is currently burning southeast of Salcha and 4 miles northeast of Birch Lake. The fire is lightning caused, 73 acres in size, and 70% contained. Map of Birch Lake Fire in relation to Birch Lake. View printable PDF The fire has been transitioned to a type 4 team, and the Mad River hotshot crew has been reassigned to the Nenana Ridge Complex. The Incident Command Post at the Birch Lake State Recreation Area will be reloc…Read Article

Crews continue to gain containment on the Birch Lake Fire

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Crews continue to gain containment on the Birch Lake Fire

The Birch Lake Fire (#309) is currently burning southeast of Salcha and 4 miles northeast of Birch Lake. The fire is lightning caused, and recent mapping estimates it to be 73 acres. The fire 35% contained. Map showing Birch Lake Fire in relation to Birch Lake. View printable PDF The Mad River Hotshots and a type 2 hand crew made good progress yesterday around the fire perimeter and will continue to work towards containment status in the coming …Read Article

Mad River Hotshots join efforts on the Birch Lake Fire

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Mad River Hotshots join efforts on the Birch Lake Fire

Map showing Birch Lake Fire in relation to Birch Lake. View printable PDF The Birch Lake Fire (#309) is currently burning southeast of Salcha and 4 miles northeast of Birch Lake. The fire is lightning caused, and recent mapping estimates it to be 73 acres. The fire remains at 0% containment with minimal fire activity. Crews made progress yesterday and secured 500 yards on the left and right flanks of the fire. The Mad River Interagency Hotshots …Read Article

No recent growth on the Ninetyeight Fire

The Ninetyeight Fire (#218), burning north of the Salcha River, has received sparse precipitation in the last 24 hours, and has not shown any growth in the past several days. There is not any significant smoke visible near the fire area as of today. Fire behavior on Wednesday included creeping and smoldering, but no torching. Smokejumpers worked along the east end of the fire, strengthening structure protection measures and protection of Alaska …Salcha · Salcha Read Article

Type 3 Incident Management Team takes command of Ninetyeight Fire

This morning, a Type 3 Incident Management Team took command of the Ninetyeight Fire (#218), which is burning north of the Salcha River. The Ninetyeight Fire is currently estimated at 3,743 acres. On Tuesday, the fire’s eastern edge did not show any real heat in the open tundra area and there was no northward progression on that side. There is creeping and smoldering with some isolated torching in pockets along the southern edge of the fire al…Salcha · Salcha Read Article

Four smokejumpers on ground near Salcha River cabin threatened by nearby wildfire

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