The 2,000-acre fire and others north of the Brooks Range fit a pattern of increasing wildfires in the treeless no ...

The East Fork fire, which burned about 450 miles west of Anchorage, spread over more than 250,000 acres and forced Yup’ik villagers to evacuate, putting it among Alaska’s most destructive ...

In some years, Alaska only sees about 1 million acres burn. Of the 6 million acres wildfires burned in the U.S. so far in 2015, 5.1 million acres have burned in Alaska, mostly in remote areas ...

Firefighter / medics Molly Swanson and Jess St. Laurent with Chugiak Volunteer Fire and Rescue mop up hot spots during the McKinley Fire along the Parks Highway on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019.

A fire in western Alaska, fueled by high winds, has moved within just miles of an Alaska Native community. The wildfire has spread over nearly 50,000 acres.

What does Alaska’s unusually intense fire season mean for the Lower 48? From the October 2021 issue: The battle of High Hill Not much, experts told me. The two seasons aren’t correlated.

After three mild fire seasons, Alaska's Swan Lake fire is over 77,000 acres and growing fast. Five out-of-state crews were sent to help.

He's chief of the Salcha Fire Department and president of the Alaska Association of Arson & Fire Investigators. “Any fire that we have has its own indicators,” Misewicz said.

2004 remains the worst fire season on record in Alaska, with more than 6.6 million acres — an area the size of Vermont — burned.

Alaska’s fire season typically ends in July with the onset of August precipitation, but last weekend, dry conditions and high winds sparked a new fire, the McKinley Fire, just north of Anchorage ...

Alaska fire spokeswoman Beth Ipsen said five 20-person crews from across the state are assisting firefighters near Idaho City, Idaho, where a fire has covered about 76 square miles.