Contained 🇺🇸 Alaska

Browns Fire

Discovered Jun 26, 2015 · AKFBD

🕐 Started …

Acres Burned

20,730

Containment

100%

Location

Alaska

Discovered

Jun 26, 2015

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Jun 26, 2015

Fire ignites — Browns discovered.

Final

100% contained at 20,730 acres. Recovery operations begin.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)

Wildfires burn up western North America - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (.gov)

High Country News

2015 wildfires burned a record-breaking 10.1 million acres - High Country News

NASA Science (.gov)

Burn Scars around Tanana, Alaska - NASA Science (.gov)

Fire breaks down and builds up boreal forest - gi.alaska.edu

Tinder Dry: An Early Start to Wildfire Season in the West - The Atlantic

MAP: Tracking Napa's 2015 Valley Fire - KQED

Four Million Acres Burned, And a Few Questions About Alaska's Future - usgs.gov

Recent Arctic tundra fire initiates widespread thermokarst development - Scientific Reports - Nature

National Geographic

What Happens When Livestock Are in the Path of a Wildfire - National Geographic

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