A candle left burning on a table Friday morning in an Anchorage apartment building led to flames and a quick response from firefighters, said Anchorage Fire Department spokesman John See.
Around 9:30 a.m., a 911 caller reported a fire at a fourplex on the 800 block of East 12th Avenue in Fairview. Flames had spread to a table and a television cabinet, See said.
"It wasn't far away from igniting the structure," See said. He said there was no one in the apartment when firefighters arrived.
See said firefighters put out the fire within minutes. Damage was contained to the one apartment, he said. He said residents of the other three apartments could return home by Friday evening.
"The message here is, of course: Don't ever leave a room that you have an open flame device, like a candle, burning," he said.