Delta Area Fire Update 11 AM Monday

Delta Forestry reports that firefighters have now succeeded in containing 60% of the Jarvis Creek fire, but winds have shifted to the north, so fire crews are focusing on the southern perimeter of the fire.

The high winds experienced in the last few days actually helped by burning all of the fuels out of the center of the fire.

The fire is still smoldering and firefighters are in an extended mop up mode. Fire weather is still extreme, and Forestry officials are reminding area residents to heed the continued burn ban. This ban includes all burning, even in campsites and burn barrels covered with a steel grate and in an area with adequate defensible space.

This is a good time for homeowners to work on defensible space recommendations. Anyone uncertain of these recommendations can find them on the Alaska Division of Forestry website.

If you have any questions concerning this fire or any other fire in the area, please call Julia Phillips, public information officer at 894-4225, as an added note, residents may begin to notice smoke.

There is another fire of approximately 3,000 acres burning in Little Delta River area west of Delta Junction. With the change in the wind direction, area residents may begin to notice smoke. This fire is burning currently in a “let burn” area. The fire is currently being monitored only.