The amount of acreage burned by fires in Alaska this season hit 1 million in June — the earliest in decades. With high temperatures forecast for the week ahead, state fire bosses are preparing for what could be an uptick in already historic fire activity.
This photo provided by the Alaska Incident Management Team shows backing fire behavior on the East Fork Fire in Southwest Alaska on June 13.
The amount of acreage burned by wildland fires in Alaska hit 1 million on June 15, the earliest in decades if not history.scorched huge swaths of tundra in a dangerously dry, warm summer that’s just getting started. Now, with high temperatures forecast for the week ahead, the state’s multi-agency fire bosses are bringing in additional fire crews and activating a public information line to prepare for what could be an uptick in already historic fire activity.
“We’re just trying to get staff in position because we anticipate what may happen with the high pressure moving in over the state, the drought conditions that have persisted through many areas of the state,” said Sam Harrel, a Fairbanks-based Division of Forestry public information officer. “We need to be prepared for what happens because it takes a long time for resources to make it to Alaska.
. Anchorage is “very likely” to have the warmest June on record, according to Rick Thoman, a climate specialist with the International Arctic Research Center Alaska at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. This is also expected to be the first June on record that Anchorage hit at least 60 degrees every day, Thoman said. Fairbanks is on track to tie the record for most days of 70 degrees or higher.
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