Mukluk Fire
Active
Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska · Discovered August 17, 2026
Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 10 days ago · Perimeter mapped 10 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)
Mukluk Fire
The Mukluk Fire fire has burned 7,339 acres in Southeast Fairbanks County, Alaska. Crews have reached 70% containment. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 2 mph toward the SE, with gusts to 10 mph. Air quality near the fire is good (AQI 32). 20 personnel are assigned to the incident.
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Incident timeline
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
Containment rose to 70%
20 days ago · September 12, 2026New perimeter mapped at 7,339 acres (national perimeter feed)
21 days ago · September 11, 2026Containment rose to 45%
23 days ago · September 9, 2026Containment dropped to 22% (from 29%)
30 days ago · September 2, 2026Containment rose to 29%
39 days ago · August 24, 2026Containment rose to 22%
41 days ago · August 22, 2026Grew 443 acres in 23 hours to 7,287 acres
41 days ago · August 22, 2026Grew 1,767 acres in 48 hours to 6,844 acres
42 days ago · August 21, 2026Containment rose to 16%
44 days ago · August 19, 2026Mapped size revised down to 5,077 acres (from 5,533)
44 days ago · August 19, 2026Grew 3,533 acres in 19 hours to 5,533 acres
44 days ago · August 19, 2026Containment dropped to 0% (from 70%)
45 days ago · August 18, 2026Grew 1,900 acres in 6 hours to 2,000 acres
45 days ago · August 18, 2026Now mapped at 100 acres
46 days ago · August 17, 2026Fire first listed in official incident feeds
46 days ago · August 17, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
| Recorded | Size | Contained |
|---|---|---|
| 9/14/2026, 4:41:05 PM | 7,339 acres | 70% |
| 9/12/2026, 1:22:25 AM | 7,335 acres | 70% |
| 9/11/2026, 1:22:17 AM | 7,335 acres | 46% |
| 9/9/2026, 2:01:28 AM | 7,335 acres | 45% |
| 9/3/2026, 3:59:44 AM | 7,335 acres | 29% |
| 9/2/2026, 4:47:00 AM | 7,335 acres | 22% |
| 8/29/2026, 3:46:43 AM | 7,335 acres | 29% |
| 8/28/2026, 3:29:16 AM | 7,333 acres | 30% |
| 8/26/2026, 3:30:16 AM | 7,296 acres | 29% |
| 8/24/2026, 3:55:25 AM | 7,260 acres | 29% |
| 8/23/2026, 3:38:40 AM | 7,260 acres | 20% |
| 8/22/2026, 3:29:25 AM | 7,287 acres | 22% |
| 8/21/2026, 4:08:52 AM | 6,844 acres | 12% |
| 8/19/2026, 3:59:58 AM | 5,077 acres | 16% |
| 8/19/2026, 3:54:59 AM | 5,077 acres | 0% |
| 8/19/2026, 3:49:59 AM | 5,077 acres | 16% |
| 8/19/2026, 1:05:05 AM | 5,077 acres | 0% |
| 8/19/2026, 12:45:22 AM | 5,533 acres | 0% |
| 8/18/2026, 8:44:38 AM | 2,000 acres | 0% |
| 8/18/2026, 5:29:39 AM | 2,000 acres | - |
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