FORT WAINWRIGHT – A fire broke out at 11:07 p.m. Sunday night in a four-plex housing unit on Fort Wainwright. All four families living in the building were evacuated safely with no injuries. The Fort Wainwright Fire Department responded to the call immediately and was assisted by the Fairbanks Fire Department’s ladder and engine units, […]
Alaska State Troopers revealed on Tuesday that human remains were found in the rubble of the November 15th fire that broke out at mile 2.1 of Port St. Nicholas Road in Craig. Troopers were made aware just after midnight on Saturday, November 16th and responded to the scene along with members of the Craig Volunteer […]
Click on images to view high-resolution versions. JUNEAU, Alaska — Three mariners are safe after being rescued, Friday, from a burning boat approximately two miles north of Ketchikan Airport. A 45-foot Response-Boat Medium crew from Coast Guard Station Ketchikan and the crew of Ketchikan Fire Department vessel Harry Newell arrived on scene at 4:57 p.m., Friday, and found […]
KENEQ – FIRE KENEQ KUARNARPET. – WE CAN BUILD A FIRE. Large fires set in stone-lined hearths once warmed Alutiiq households. Alutiiq people lit these fires with wooden fire starters. These three-piece implements had a flat wooden platform (hearth) and a long shaft (spindle) that was rotated rapidly against the platform with a small bow. […]