As Interior Alaska experiences another near-record hot day, firefighters are wrapping up work on some fires and mobilizing to more pressing ones near Eagle.
The BLM Alaska Fire Service is mobilizing crews and aircraft to Eagle to tackle the Sinnott Fire (#382), burning about 3 miles northwest of Eagle. The Sinnott Fire, at 800 acres, is burning in steep terrain north of Mission Creek, about 2 miles from the nearest cabin to the southeast. It has been reported as smoldering, creeping, and backing into the wind, with some isolated torching.
The Yukon Crew and Denali Wildland Fire Module, both Chugachmiut fire teams based in the Kenai Peninsula, will travel to Eagle to assist in protecting properties and the town from the large fire burning in steep terrain.