Officials at the Fairbanks North Star Borough are getting ready to coordinate safety measures in the community as wildfire ...

But seasonal wildland fire outlooks usually don't factor in lightning because local lightning forecasts are difficult and time-consuming to put together. A group of researchers at the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Smoke from the Ikpikpuk Fire is seen on this satellite image from Planet Labs Inc. (Image provided by Ben Jones/University of ...

Firefighters work on two fires in different areas of Alaska ...

NEW YORK, May 25 (Reuters) - Firefighters in Alaska on Sunday were battling a massive wildfire that was pushing towards hundreds of homes and vacation cabins, with residents urged to be ready for a ...

Alaska’s spring season varies greatly across the state: from deep snow and below-zero temperatures in Fairbanks and Delta Junction, to clear skies and snowy forecasts in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and ...

Alaska wildfires burned more than 1 million acres this year, putting the 2025 season at about the average for recent decades. Alaska fire seasons of more than 1 million acres have become more frequent ...

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 ...

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 ...

A wildfire driven by breezy conditions burned several marshy acres of South Anchorage on Tuesday afternoon before municipal and state fire crews knocked it down. The crew of an Anchorage Fire ...