Mukluk Fire near Tok, Alaska forces evacuations
10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-18 (GOES-West) GeoColor RGB images with an overlay of Next Generation Fire System (NGFS) Fire Detection polygons (above) showed the thermal signature associated with the Mukluk Fire near Tok, Alaska — which began around 1940 UTC on 17 August 2026. With winds at Tok gusting as high as 30 mph, the fire spread quickly and forced some evacuations in the Tok area.
10-minute GOIES-18 Visible images with an overlay of the Fire Mask derived product (below) provided another depiction of the fire’s thermal signature.