five_alarm
06-21-2005, 07:56 AM
DAWSON CITY, YK - The Yukon and Alaska had a bit of a fire exchange over the weekend when a blaze in Alaska crossed the border into the territory and a Yukon fire ventured further into Alaska. Dawson City fire #9 was declared when a 1,500-hectare Alaska blaze crossed into the territory, Wildland Fire Management officials said this morning. It’s in a wilderness zone near Indian Grave Mountain and south of the Dawson #4 blaze, a holdover in the area of Mt. Osborn.
The Dawson #4 fire ended up moving across the border into Alaska. The 5,000-hectare outbreak is being monitored on the Yukon side by Wildland Fire Management with Alaska officials patrolling fires near the border as well. Also in Dawson, officials are expecting a fire near Sunnydale to be declared out today. Crews responded to the small blaze burning in a slash pile on Friday. It’s believed to be a holdover from 2004.
Source: whitehorsestar.com (http://www.whitehorsestar.com/auth.php?r=38539)
Daily Hotspots: cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca (http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en/current/cc_m32_e.php)
The Dawson #4 fire ended up moving across the border into Alaska. The 5,000-hectare outbreak is being monitored on the Yukon side by Wildland Fire Management with Alaska officials patrolling fires near the border as well. Also in Dawson, officials are expecting a fire near Sunnydale to be declared out today. Crews responded to the small blaze burning in a slash pile on Friday. It’s believed to be a holdover from 2004.
Source: whitehorsestar.com (http://www.whitehorsestar.com/auth.php?r=38539)
Daily Hotspots: cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca (http://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/en/current/cc_m32_e.php)