wildfire

Smoke billows from the Oskawalik Fire, estimated at roughly 1,500 acres, near the mouth of the Oskawalik River on the Kuskokwim River about 10 miles southwest of the community of Crooked Creek on June 15, 2025.

Firefighters scramble after heat, dry lightning spark multiple fires

Tim Ellis, KUAC - Fairbanks

The state’s biggest blaze is the Oskawalik Fire along the Kuskokwim River just south of Crooked Creek, estimated at 1,600 acres as of June 17.

The Atchuelinguk Fire, located roughly 33 miles north of the lower Yukon River community of Marshall is seen burning on May 28, 2024.

Public Safety

First Y-K Delta wildfire of 2024 burns itself out

Evan Erickson

The Bureau of Land Management says it hasn’t determined the cause of the roughly 800-acre surface blaze north of the lower Yukon River community of Marshall.

The Goose Fire is seen burning in the Yukon Flats in northeast Alaska, about 41 miles east of Fort Yukon, on Aug. 4, 2022. Wildfires are part of the Yukon Flats ecosystem, but as the climate warms, they have become more intense over the long term and are releasing large amounts of carbon as they burn the forest-floor duff and thaw the permafrost below.

Science and Environment

An Alaska wildlife refuge is changing its wildfire strategy to limit carbon emissions

Yereth Rosen | Alaska Beacon

If blazes break out in parts of the Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge, firefighters will protect the layers of forest floor and permafrost that hold carbon.

Science and Environment

State Fire Officials Monitoring Gweek Fire After Lightning Strikes

State fire officials are monitoring a fire in the Gweek River area near Bethel. It was reported soon after a storm Thursday.Alaska Division of Forestry…