More than 1,000 firefighters are suppressing wildfires across Interior Alaska.
Incident Commander Casey Boespflug gives a public briefing in Delta Junction on the status of several fires burning around the area, especially the 47,000-acre Pogo Mine Road Fire.
“We just wanted to let you know that we have over 300 firefighters now in your area,” Alaska Interagency Incident Management Team spokesperson Kale Casey told the Delta City Council Tuesday. “About 200 in the last three or four days have arrived.” Incident Commander Casey Boespflug said in a community meeting later Tuesday that the main focus is the 47,000-acre Pogo Mine Road Fire, which firefighters refer to as Fire 191.The fire has burned up to the trans-Alaska pipeline corridor and in one area slopped-over the right-of-way onto the other side, just east of the Richardson Highway about 30 miles north of Delta Junction. Boespflug says crews have cut a dozer line there to halt the fire’s progress.
A GO order, requiring residents to evacuate, is still in effect for the Teklanika River Fire, one of eight fires within the 59,000-acre Anderson Complex.
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