Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 19—Lightning, wind and warmth have sparked and fueled dozens of new wildland fires around Alaska, including several near ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Wheeler Fire, burns about 33 miles northwest of Huslia on July 7, 2025. The fire was estimated at 3,000 acres at the time.

This year's fire season started slowly due to cool and rainy weather, but it roared to life last week with near-record heat and Red Flag warnings in effect around the Interior and elsewhere in the ...

A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...

Anchorage fire officials announced a burn ban Saturday as evacuations and Parks Highway delays continued due to large lightning-caused fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska. With ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A lightning fire that started Thursday in the Mat-Su Valley was among dozens of new wildland blazes sparked around Alaska by thunderstorms, wind and high temperatures. The Mat-Su ...

Cooler weather and downpours in the Interior this week brought residents some relief from the dozens of wildfires that are burning in the area. But firefighters say it's not over yet. And they're ...

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...

Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...