Alaska State Troopers contacted two individuals in a vehicle at mile 70 of the Parks Highway on Sunday afternoon during a traffic stop, after they had been reported as having been trespassing at a remote cabin near Willow, trooper dispatch reports. When contacted, the driver of the vehicle was identified as 57-year-old James Woods of […]
Thunderstorms have moved through the Willow area where the 7,500 acre Sockeye Fire continues to burn, and lightning strikes have complicated firefighting efforts, igniting at least two more fires within 20 miles of the original fire fire officials say. By 8 pm on Tuesday evening, the Alaska Division of Forestry had already received reports of two […]
Fire officials tracking the Sockeye fire have estimated the size of the blaze at 7,585 acres they have said on the Mat-Su Borough page on early Tuesday. They also announced that the Type I Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team will take command of the fire at 7 am this morning. Although, they say the Parks […]
A two-acre fire in the Willow area north of Anchorage that was first reported on Sunday afternoon has grown tremendously in size and is now an estimated 6,500 acres on Monday. The blaze has been dubbed the Sockeye Fire, named after the avenue in Willow where the fire was initially sparked. The fire was human-caused, […]