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Wildfire Bulletin #59
July 26, 2004 - 10:30 PM
Thirteen New Fires Over Weekend
It was a fairly busy weekend for fire crews across the territory with 13 new fires.
Saturday was the busiest day as fire crews fought five of these fires successfully. The remainder of the fires were in Wildland Fire Management's (WFM's) wilderness zone.
Fires in the Dawson Goldfields all received precipitation allowing crews to make good progress on the ground. Skies were mostly clear and sunny over the weekend with some showers on Saturday.
For more information on the fires over the weekend, please call 1-800-826-4750.
New Fires-Past 24 Hours
| White Mountains MA#31 |
8,000 hectares |
Fire is in a wilderness zone. |
| Southeast of Big Kalzas MA#33 |
350 hectares |
Fire is in a wilderness zone. |
| 20 km west of Little Salmon CA#25 |
0.01 hectares |
Fire has been extinguished. |
| Vadzaith Ran Creek OC#17 |
20 hectares |
Fire is burning 20 kilometres from a Northwestel microwave tower. Fire officials are keeping a close eye on this situation but there is no threat to the fire at present. |
| OC#18 |
100 hectares |
Fire is in a wilderness zone. No values at risk. |
| OC#19 |
5 hectares |
Fire is in a wilderness zone. No values at risk. |
| 55 kilometres southwest of Watson Lake WL#35 |
5 hectares |
Fire actioned by two air tanker groups and a 1 by 6 initial attack crew. Crews are continuing to work on the fire today. |
Yukon Fires Being Actioned
| Goldfields Complex DA #9,10, 21,30, 37 |
Over 128,000 hectares |
French Gulch (21): There are a few hotspots at the southeastern end, though they are not a concern at this time as crews are working to cut into this section of forest and cool off the hotspots. Fire is smoldering at rank 1. Dempster (30): Crews are monitoring site protection on the south and will be working on a hot spot to the southwest. Dominion (10): Crews continuing to work toward completing guards to the south of the highway. Crews worked on containing a small area to the southwest of the fire one km north of the Dominion Road. Haystack (09): Crews continue to work hotspots near Indian Lake on the northern flank. Crews are also working on the southeast to cool hotspots around the value of Black Hills Creek. |
| Frances Lake WL#17 |
22,000 hectares |
Fire took a run to the northeast towards the lake and a structure. Crews reinforced the line and did a successful back burn. Site protection is secure. |
| Stewart Lake WL#04 |
9,000 hectares |
Fire crews working on the west and south flanks. |
| Chain Lakes CA#08 |
17,174 hectares |
Fire not as active in the last couple of days. Crews are continuing with site protection at Ken Lake, Jayglass Lake, Clair Lake and Mandanna. |
| East of Little Salmon/Drury Creek CA#19 |
7 hectares |
Fire was scanned and hot spotting was being done at identified sites. Crews are planning to demobilize the fire. |
| Harrison Lake MA#30 |
3 hectares |
Fire is under control. |
| Snag Junction BC#17 |
1.5 hectares |
Fire is being cold-trailed today. |
Advisories
Although the current fire ban has been modified for southern Yukon and the far north, Wildland Fire Management would like to remind people that burning fires only applies in commercial and government campgrounds. The forest floor is drier than it appears. Also, smoke from fires outside of commercial and government campgrounds is often reported, and consequently fire crews must go out and investigate.
There have been 229 fires in the Yukon burning over 1,300,000 hectares of forest.
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