Saturday PM (SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - Fire Marshal Gretchen O Sullivan released information on the Ketchikan residential structure fire at 3437 Denali Street reporting that investigators from the Fire Investigation Task Force determined the fire to be cooking related, no foul play is suspected.
The Ketchikan Fire Department was dispatched to a report of smoke seen in a house last Tuesday morning , December 30th, at 4:49 AM. Dispatch was advised of the possibility of a victim trapped upstairs in the home. Firefighters made entry; however, attempts made of a rescue on the third floor were hampered by heavy smoke, heat and flames, according to O Sullivan. A third building occupant exited the building and remains with family.
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Ketchikan house fire leaves two dead
Posted by Eric Stone | Dec 30, 2020
Ketchikan Fire Department’s Engine 1 was one of the 10 firefighting vehicles that responded to Wednesday morning’s blaze, officials say. (Eric Stone/KRBD)
Two Ketchikan residents died in an early-morning house fire Wednesday. Ketchikan Fire Marshal Gretchen O’Sullivan announced the tragic news in a statement Wednesday afternoon. The fire marshal says a third resident of the Denali Avenue home escaped the blaze and is staying with family.
Fire crews got the call just before 5 a.m. Wednesday.
“We responded this morning to a structure fire. When the fire crews got here, the house was well involved,” said Ketchikan Fire Department Fire Chief Scott Brainard.