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This photograph reveals the Hog Butte Fireplace (#185) burning about 39 miles southwest of Lake Minchumina on June 5, 2022. The view is trying southwest towards the hearth. Photograph by BLM AFS -
This photograph reveals the Hog Butte Fireplace (#185) burning about 39 miles southwest of Lake Minchumina on June 5, 2022. The view is from the east aspect of the hearth. Photograph by BLM AFS
Smokejumpers are mobilizing to guard a Native allotment from the Hog Butte Fireplace (#185) burning about 200 miles north of Anchorage.
The lightning-caused fireplace ignited on Sunday and is burning in a restricted administration choice space that so long as it doesn’t threaten any websites of worth, is managed for the advantage of the pure ecological course of. As soon as on the market, smokejumpers will arrange measures to defend the allotment.
This hearth is estimated at 3,500 acres and burning inside 5 miles of the allotment alongside the North Fork Kuskokwim River about 39 miles southwest of Lake Minchumina. Smoke could also be seen from Lake Minchumina or Telida 10 miles to the south.
It’s additionally burning about 10 miles north of the Rungun Creek Fireplace (#186) – one other lightning-caused fireplace that ignited on Sunday. This hearth generated response from the Alaska Division of Forestry – particularly a helitack module of firefighters, water-scoopers, helicopters dropping water and eight smokejumpers – to place this hearth out.
The Hog Butte Fireplace is burning in predominately black spruce combined with hardwoods and tundra. Heat, dry and windy climate have saved the hearth very energetic.
Contact BLM Alaska Fireplace Service Public Affairs Specialist Beth Ipsen at (907)356-5510 or eipsen@blm.gov for extra data.
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