Nome firefighters, in five fire response vehicles, fought an apartment blaze for nearly two hours before getting it under control at approximately 9 pm on Thursday night. Nome firefighters arrived at the scene at about 7:10 pm on Thursday night, to find the eight unit apartment building, owned by the Bering Straits Native Corporation, in […]
At approximately 7:55 p.m. local time Wednesday, the 30-foot commercial fishing vessel Fireman, with one adult onboard, exploded in the Valdez Small Boat Harbor adjacent the Best Western Hotel. The individual on board, who walked off after the explosion, was transported via ambulance to Providence Hospital. The Valdez Fire Department, Valdez Police Department, and Coast […]
Troopers identified a suspect and suspicious vehicle in the house fire on Clearwater Extension in Delta Junction that occured on Sunday. During their investigation on Monday, troopers found that their suspect, a 16-year-old Delta Junction teen set fire to the residence to cover up the fact that he set the fire to attempt to cover […]
Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, and ritual. Contemporary tribes continue to use fire to maintain desired habitat and natural resources. Frank Lake, an ecologist with the U.S. […]