Crews monitoring coal seam fire, second blaze near Tetlin
The Popovich Creek Coal Seam Fire, approximately five miles northeast of Healy near Usibelli Coal Mine, increased to 2,031 acres over the weekend.
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The Popovich Creek Coal Seam Fire, approximately five miles northeast of Healy near Usibelli Coal Mine, increased to 2,031 acres over the weekend.
The National Weather Service issued a fire weather watch for the weekend as temperatures are likely to move into the 90s with winds from the south fanning wildfire flames.
Fire crews remain engaged in wildfires across the Interior on Friday. 62,890 acres have burned statewide in 144 active fires.
As expected, hotter and drier conditions are making wildfires more active this week as temperatures rise. Firefighters are preparing for that.
An additional 47,000 acres burned over the past week and roughly 42,000 lightning strikes were recorded in the Interior. About 133 fires are burning in the Interior.