...which was ignited by lightning June 29, grew by about 1,000 acres Sunday afternoon to 13,118 acres, according to Pete Buist, fire information officer. The fire area is experiencing a moist layer of fog in the morning, which picks up in the...

...347 personnel are still assigned to the blaze, which has been mapped at 13,151 acres. "We're downsizing," said Pete Buist, a fire information officer with the state Division of Forestry, of the number of personnel working the fire. Buist...

...warning was in effect until 10 p.m. Firefighters put out small fires from at least two dry lightning strikes, said Pete Buist of the Division of Forestry. If the clouds did not produce more rain, he predicted, firefighters in the Fairbanks...

...was mapped at 69,813 acres Monday night. More than 300 firefighters continued to work on the Fish Creek Fire, said Pete Buist of the state forestry division. Among them were three who had a rough landing when the helicopter carrying them made...

...in and do something,'' he said. That idea got a cool reception from former Alaska Trappers Association President Pete Buist of Fairbanks. ''That is just a political statement,'' he said. ''It has no basis in reality.'' If the young...

...called to the house fire near Fairbanks. The situation was made worse by the explosion of several propane tanks, said Pete Buist of the Alaska Division of Forestry. The explosions caused dozens of spot fires in the mostly black spruce near the home...

...fire, which had grown to about 73,300 acres. ''We're doing the best we can under the circumstances,'' said Pete Buist of the state forestry division. The Survey Line fire on Fort Wainwright had grown to at least 104,000 acres Wednesday...