Alaska 511 logs wildfire investigation near Sandy Beach in Southeast

A wildfire logged near Sandy Beach in Southeast Alaska Friday night remains at 0.00 acres, and the Alaska 511 record does not say whether homes are threatened or evacuations are needed. The system recorded the fire, numbered 27635, as discovered at 8:29 p.m. AKDT Friday. It last updated the record Saturday at 11:59 a.m.

The coordinates given are 56.4172 degrees north, 132.4290 degrees west. The record lists no cause and no containment figure. Those determinations come from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the Alaska Fire Service, or the Department of Public Safety, not the 511 feed.

Residents can check status by location on the statewide evacuation map the Division of Forestry and Fire Protection maintains at akfireinfo.com. Alaska has seen a comparatively quiet 2026 fire season, with statewide burned acreage cited at roughly 89,000 acres as of late August, even as the Mukluk Fire at Tok damaged or destroyed more than 40 homes.