Sitka authorities investigate small fire that damaged playground equipment
Posted by Katherine Rose | Aug 2, 2021
Dispatchers received a call from a bystander shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday (7-31-21) who reported that a piece of equipment at the Sitka Community Playground was on fire (KCAW/Rose)
Authorities are investigating a possible arson that slightly damaged a Sitka playground on Saturday night (7-31-21). But the Crescent Harbor playground remains open to the public while officials investigate.
Dispatchers received a call from a bystander shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday that a piece of plastic equipment had caught fire. A Sitka police officer who was on scene reportedly extinguished the small fire shortly before firefighters arrived at Crescent Harbor.