Fire near McGrath, AK grows to 11,000 acres
This amazing photo of the Broken Snowshoe fire taken at 8 p.m. Monday night shows it burning in a black spruce forest about 4 miles northeast of McGrath, Alaska. Check out yesterday’s Wildfire Today coverage of the fire to see an image from a live web cam pointed at the fire. The fire has burned 11,000 acres, is 10 percent contained, and is separated from McGrath by the Kuskokwim River.
Tony Doty’s Type 2 Incident Management Team assumed command of the fire Tuesday afternoon. Two air tankers are working the fire, flying out of McGrath.
Investigating a wildfire
KOHD News in Bend, Oregon has an article with a video that features Travis Moyer, a fire investigator with the U.S. Forest Service, explaining the process of investigating the cause and origin of a wildfire. Check it out HERE.
Canadian fire crew auctions itself
The Nadina Mountain Unit Crew from Houston, British Columbia, is conducting an auction to provide a full day’s labor from the crew with the proceeds going toward the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation. This is the third time the crew has raised funds for the foundation in this manner. In previous years they have constructed a retaining wall, built a set of stairs, bucked and split firewood, and helped construct a kids fort for the winners of the auction. More details are HERE.
