Four wildfires logged across Alaska overnight on July 4 holiday weekend

Four wildfire investigations opened across Alaska in a roughly four-hour window overnight into July 4, spanning from the Seward Peninsula to Southeast Alaska during the holiday weekend. Anyone who spots smoke can report it by calling 911 or the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center at 1-800-237-3633.

Alaska 511 logged Cheenik near Golovin and Christmas, both on the Seward Peninsula, followed by Red Shirt in the Susitna Valley south of Talkeetna, and Spasski Trail Area near Skagway. All four carry Fire Investigation status and 0.00 acres. Cause is undetermined for each. Cheenik was discovered at 10:29 p.m. July 3, Christmas at 1:01 a.m. July 4, Red Shirt at 1:29 a.m., and Spasski Trail Area at 2:30 a.m., placing all four within a span of roughly four hours. The four overnight entries follow a Standard Creek investigation listing posted the previous day at 0.00 acres, part of an active run of early-season inventory entries.

The 511 cards are inventory signals, not narrative reports. Cause, containment, structures threatened, and evacuation status cannot be drawn from them. Readers should cross-reference akfireinfo.com, where narrative updates appear as agencies release them. Fire management and public information for Alaska are coordinated interagency across the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Fire Protection, Alaska Fire Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service.

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection has noted that human caused wildfires remain the largest workload for Alaska's wildland and emergency responders, though cause for each of these fires awaits official findings.