Fourteen sailors have died in a fire on a deep-sea submersible, the Russian military says. The fire broke out Monday while the crew was in Russian territorial waters, gathering biometric measurements for a military survey, according to the Defense Ministry. The seamen died of smoke inhalation. The submersible is now at the arctic port […]
Hot and dry weather and winds from the north-northeast pushed the Swan Lake fire within two miles of the Sterling Highway on Sunday. The advancing wildfire prompted a closure of the highway and the relocation of firefighters as the flaming front became obscured in smoke. Alaska Interagency Management Team asked for traffic to be […]
67 Local Volunteers and Partners Helped Make 373 Households Safer During National Sound the Alarm Home Fire Safety Effort ANCHORAGE – The American Red Cross of Alaska installed more than 959 free smoke alarms in local homes over the last month as part of the national Sound the Alarm home fire safety effort. […]
Volunteers to install more than 800 free smoke alarms in Alaska ANCHORAGE — Beginning this weekend, the American Red Cross will Sound the Alarm in Alaska as part of the nationwide Red Cross effort to help reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by home fires. The goal is to install 100,000 smoke alarms […]