Alaska Fire News

A fire broke out at the Valdez Airport Mancamp Saturday night, damaging the kitchen and dining hall building. Valdez Emergency Services responded to the fire around 7:30 p.m.

The independent federal agency that provides Alaska with utilities, infrastructure and economic support is considering a number of new environmental hazards as it updates its statewide threat assessment.

Anchorage police say a 42-year-old man was arrested after setting multiple fires outside a Lowe’s store on East Tudor Road late Monday.

A fire at an east Anchorage home sent one person to the hospital and two dogs to the emergency veterinarian Sunday.

Anchorage firefighters responded Monday evening to an exterior fire at Lowe’s on East Tudor Road that was quickly extinguished, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.

The Anchorage Fire Department responded to a fire at a trailer park in Muldoon that sent six people to the hospital. According to Capt. Ryan Sorsdahl, the fire began inside the trailer and broke out through the window.

A federal inspector is investigating a fire that heavily damaged a large conveyor belt at Kinross Alaska’s Fort Knox mine in Fox Tuesday morning.

Police have identified the man who died in a fire at a Kenai motel Sunday as Thomas L. Conn. Firefighters were called to the Uptown Motel shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday.

One person is dead after a fire in a Kenai motel Sunday morning, according to the City of Kenai Fire Department. It said firefighters responded to the Uptown Motel just after 9 a.m.

The Alaska National Guard says there was a fire at the Fairbanks Alaska National Guard Readiness Center Friday morning.

VIDEO/PHOTOS: At approximately 3:20 a.m. Friday, firefighters arrived at the Malaspina Trailer Court and found a heavy fire load in the rear of a trailer.

Anchorage police recorded 45 outdoor deaths in Alaska’s largest city in 2025, according to recent reporting by the Anchorage Daily News.