Dozens of lightning- and human-caused fires have started, intermittently closing major highways and leading to the ...

Several large fires in Interior Alaska flared over the weekend, triggering evacuations and lengthy road closures and delays into Monday. Nearly 300 wildfires are burning around the state after a ...

In this photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, smoke rises from cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 300 miles south of ...

Intense wildfires in Alaska are prompting evacuations and threatening homes near Fairbanks and Healy. Fire crews are racing ...

The Saint George Creek Fire and the Bonnifield Fire near the Wood River merged Sunday and are being managed as the Saint ...

Other new fires were reported near the Eureka Roadhouse along the Glenn Highway and near the Denali Park community. Forty new ...

This story was updated at 7:10 a.m. Sunday, June 22, 2025, to reflect Parks Highway is open with pilot car operations.

This year's fire season started slowly due to cool and rainy weather, but it roared to life last week with near-record heat ...

Lightning, wind and warmth have sparked and fueled dozens of new wildland fires around Alaska, including several near communities. Nearly 50 new fires were reported across the state Tuesday and ...

A lightning fire that started Thursday in the Mat-Su Valley was among dozens of new wildland blazes sparked around Alaska by thunderstorms, wind and high temperatures.

Burn permits are suspended in the Kenai-Kodiak Fire Prevention Area as of Saturday, June 21, due to relocation of fire resources from across the state in response to increased wildfire activity in ...