Swan Lake Fire Wednesday July 24, 2019 PUBLIC MEETING THURSDAY, 6 PM INCIDENT STATISTICS COOPER LANDING SCHOOL – 19030 BEAN CREEK ROAD Fire Size: Approx. 102,229 acres Facebook Live at https://www.facebook.com/EasternAreaIMT/ Objectives Completed: 72% YESTERDAY: Fire crews continued to monitor the Mystery Creek drainage area by air. Personnel Assigned: 306 Smoke was visible from unburned pockets of fuel in the interior of the fire perimeter and Fire Start: June 5, 2019 from the Upper Jean Lake area where alpine vegetation, normally a barrier to fire, Fire Cause: Lightning burned due to warm, dry conditions. Crews worked diligently to repair the fire control Location: 5.5 miles northeast of line to prevent erosion and continued to mop-up, monitor, and clean-up. Special care Sterling Alaska was taken to avoid damaging creek banks and riparian areas within 50 feet of streams or lakes. CLOSURES AND FIRE RESTRICTIONS TODAY: Fire spread is expected to be minimal due to recent precipitation. Fire crews Kenai National Wildlife Refuge continue to remove miles of hose lines from non-active areas and removing structure www.fws.gov/refuge/kenai protection hose from the Moose Research Center. Most of the fire continues to be 907-262-7021 monitored by air. Heavy equipment and wood chippers are being used to repair secondary containment lines. Duff will continue to smolder and smoke due to deep burning within the fire perimeter. Chugach National Forest www.fs.usda.gov/chugach WEATHER: Heavy overnight rains will end early in the morning and cloudy skies will last 907-288-3178 throughout the day. Temperatures should cool into the upper 60s to low 70s. Scattered showers and possible isolated thunderstorms will be possible in the afternoon. Light Alaska Division of Forestry and variable wind will become southwest in the afternoon with speeds around five miles www.akfireinfo.com per hour. www.facebook.com/AK.Forestry/ AIR QUALITY 907-356-5511 : Smoke may be present in Cooper Landing and along the Sterling Highway corridor again today. For smoke forecasts from Alaska wildfires, visit UAFSMOKE at http://smoke.alaska.edu. Alaska Division of State Parks www.dnr.alaska.gov SUMMARY: The Kenai Peninsula experiences fire annually, however, the area of the 907-262-5581 Kenai National Wildlife Refuge where the fire is burning has not seen fire since 1947. Historically, there is no record of fire in the higher elevations. Natural fire on the Kenai Peninsula Borough landscape will remove areas of black spruce to reduce future large-scale fire impacts and www.kpboem.com create more fire resilient communities. 907-262-4636 SAFETY: Watch for construction zones and smoke along the Sterling Highway. Helicopters will be active in the southeast corner of the fire along Sterling highway near Kenai Fjords National Park Upper Jean Lake. Please obey the speed limit and do not stop along the highway www.nps.gov/kefj/ shoulder in order to protect firefighters, construction crews, and other drivers. Alaska 907-422-0500 State Troopers and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Officers are monitoring for visibility impacts due to smoke and fog on Sterling and Seward Highways. Please use headlights. For current road conditions visit http://511.alaska.gov. The Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) includes the western portion of the Chugach National Forest and the Sterling Highway corridor. Violators of the TFR will be reported to the FAA. The use of drones in the TFR and the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge are not permitted. Current TFR details and NOTAM 9/0573 is available at: https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_9_0573.html. 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