A lightning-sparked fire that has burned about 2,000 acres of Arctic Alaska tundra is the biggest wildfire on the North Slope in eight years. The Ikpikpuk Fire, which bears the name of a 195-mile ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 19—Lightning, wind and warmth have sparked and fueled dozens of new wildland fires around Alaska, including several near ...

This year's fire season started slowly due to cool and rainy weather, but it roared to life last week with near-record heat and Red Flag warnings in effect around the Interior and elsewhere in the ...

Anchorage fire officials announced a burn ban Saturday as evacuations and Parks Highway delays continued due to large lightning-caused fires burning near Fairbanks and Healy in Interior Alaska. With ...

Cooler weather and downpours in the Interior this week brought residents some relief from the dozens of wildfires that are burning in the area. But firefighters say it's not over yet. And they're ...