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Grizzly Creek Fire Monday update: Red flag warning in effect until 9 pm

A hot shot crew marches along the fire line on the Grizzly Creek Fire perimeter.
Photo courtesy U.S. Forest Service

The Grizzly Creek Fire “largely behaved” over the weekend despite dry, hot weather throughout the region.

“At 83% containment, the fire has not grown for more than a week and has yet to challenge containment lines, even in the two most problematic areas — the Grizzly Creek drainage on the northwest corner of the fire and the Cinnamon and Devil’s Hole creek drainages to the south,” A Monday update from the Alaska Incident Management Team reports. “There are about 8 miles of uncontained line in each of those spots but the fire has stalled out in both directions, despite two major wind events last week and the recent spate of hot, dry weather.”

The Grizzly Creek Fire began Aug. 10 and is currently 32,464 acres in size. 402 people are currently involved in firefighting efforts on the blaze, and a smaller Type 3 incident management team is slated to take over leading operations on Wednesday.



Today will continue to see prime fire conditions, but Tuesday’s forecasted dramatic drop in temperatures will help firefighters in their efforts.

“Before that happens, though, firefighters must persevere one more day as they await the U-Turn in the weather,” the update states.


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