The East Fork Fire is five miles from the village of St. Mary’s as the Alaska Type 2 Green Incident Management Team has taken over response to the state’s largest active blaze.
The East Fork Fire initially began on May 31 and was caused by a lightning strike. After estimates of the fire’s size remained stagnant for days at over 50,000 acres due to an inability to get close enough to the perimeter to accurately measure the East Fork Fire, the incident management team has now mapped the size at 108,347 acres. The fire is five miles from St. Mary’s and 4.5 miles from the primary fire line, and there are 180 firefighting personnel on the scene.
“Overnight the fire continued to grow south toward St. Mary’s but at a slower rate than it has been,” the most recentread. “Last night at 2 AM, firefighters successfully implemented a defensive burnout, or firing operation, on the west side of the East Fork of the Andreafsky River to protect equipment and structures near the fish weir. They are currently burning on the east side of the weir to protect structures there.
Additionally, aircraft have continued dropping retardant between the East Fork Fire and St. Mary’s. Johnson said that if the fire gets within one mile, fire managers may engage in a back burn after establishing a safe perimeter behind the fire line.
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