Alaska opens investigations on three wildfires discovered June 26–28

Three wildfires discovered between June 26 and June 28 in Interior Alaska remain under investigation, each listing 0.00 acres and no confirmed cause in the Alaska 511 incident system as of Thursday.

The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection lists Frisky, Mosquito, and Jim as active fire investigation incidents. Frisky was discovered June 26 near coordinates 66.7685, -150.3509. Mosquito and Jim were both discovered June 28, at 67.0069, -149.8457 and 66.6548, -150.9609, respectively. All three records were last updated Thursday, July 2.

The source records are structured Alaska 511 incident cards, not narrative fire reports. Cause, casualties, structures threatened, evacuation orders, and containment percentage cannot be determined from those cards alone. Updates from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Alaska Fire Service, or Alaska Interagency Coordination Center are the appropriate source for those details. Current status and acreage updates are available at akfireinfo.com.

From 2000 to 2020, 2.5 times more acres burned in Alaska than in the previous 20 years, and three of the four highest-acreage fire years on record have occurred since 2000, according to the USDA Northwest Climate Hub.