Fire officials say Alaska is now in wildfire season and are urging residents to prepare. While conditions in Southcentral are ...

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 ...

Alaska closed its summer with a wildfire season that was almost exactly normal. In all, 375 fires burned a little over 667,000 acres in Alaska, according to preliminary numbers, according to federal ...

As Alaska’s wildfire season ramps up, fire officials say the Interior is facing high heat and dry conditions that already have the state requesting Outside crews and aircraft. Beth Ipsen, a ...

Grafton Francis helps fight the Montana Creek Fire. (Kevin Lankford/Division of Forestry) State wildfire crews are taking on a series of smaller fires across Interior Alaska, as more assistance ...

Swathes of Alaska are under a red flag alert from weather institutions as wildfires burn across the state. Flood advisories have also been issued in some areas as snowmelts trigger rising waters.

Almost 50 large wildfires are burning in a dozen US states from Texas to Alaska. The McKinley Fire, which has now spread to more than 4,300 acres in Alaska, has destroyed at least 80 structures so far ...