Just over 1,300 acres have burned in Alaska wildfires this year, compared to the over 3.1 million acres that burned last year. That’s the lowest ever recorded by the first week of July.
Climate Specialist Rick Thoman’s graph depicting the lowest acreage burned in wildfires.
The lowest amount of acreage burned statewide in a summer was 9,500 in 2008, though accurate records only go back to 1993. Without large fires to fight in-state, some Alaska wildland firefighting crews have been sent to Canada, which is experiencing aSome crews are staying in Alaska and taking advantage of the lack of fires to install 10 fuel breaks around fire-prone communities, said Lily Coyle, a public information officer with the state Division of Forestry and Fire Protection. Their goal is to cut 800 acres of fuel breaks this summer, she said.
Not every part of Alaska is expected to avoid wildfire danger. The largest fire currently burning in the state is near Delta Junction, and awas issued Thursday for the Eastern Alaska Range and surrounding areas until Friday.
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