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McDonald Fire

Unit Information

P.O. Box 3500 
Ft. Wainwright, 
Alaska 
99703 
P.O. Box 3500 
Ft. Wainwright, 
Alaska 
99703 

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Weather moderates McDonald Fire growthRain fell on much of the McDonald Fire area Monday night, with more predicted, giving firefighters time to prepare cabin sites along 5 Mile Creek in case hot, windy, and dry conditions return.
Water scoopers, more firefighters mobilizing to protect cabins from McDonald Fire southeast of Fairbanks
Hot, dry conditions push McDonald Fire to an estimated 8,000 acres
Thick smoke plume seen from fire burning in a remote corner of military training range south of Fairbanks(FAIRBANKS, Alaska) 7:30 p.m., Saturday (June 8) update – BLM Alaska Fire Service is deploying eight smokejumpers to protect military infrastructure located near Blair Lakes west of the fire. The smokejumpers will remove flammable vegetation and set up hose and water pumps in case the fire threatens the site.