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| 232 fires in Alaska - active, smoldering or in the process of being demobilized |
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| Snapshot of particulate matter PM 2.5 |
The Alaska fire season 2019 will go down in my record book as one of the top ten worst smoke-filled summers. Anchor-town has had smoke and particulate filled air since the Swan Lake fire, on the Kenai Peninsula, was first reported on June 5th at 6:52 am. The Swan Lake fire has consumed 140,949 acres as of today.
An additional two fires that were reported on August 17th, the McKinley fire and the Deshka Landing fire have been adding to the smoky air, and not only consumed acres, but structures as well. There have been road closures along the Sterling and Parks Highways both of which are major transportation roads north and south of Anchor-town.
The good news - as the cooler air of the approaching fall begins to take hold, we should see relief from our extremely active fire season 2019.
The above images are from the UAFSMOKE - Wildfire Smoke Prediction of Alaska website.
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