Alaska has moved up to its second-highest level of wildfire preparedness. As of Wednesday morning, there were more than 133 active fires in Alaska and an estimated 1,143,506 acres had burned.
Smoke rises from the Aggie Creek Fire, north of Fairbanks, on June 15, 2022 preparedness level 4
Alaska is already having a historic wildfire season this year, with the earliest date on record that more than a million acres have burned. “Unfortunately, as we all know, there are not enough firefighters and not enough equipment to go around in Alaska or in the Lower 48,” he said.a daily report from the National Interagency Fire Center.
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