Family of girls who died in Butte fire are doing their own investigation
The family is questioning the finding that the fire was related to cooking, said the girls' grandmother.
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Investigators say the Butte trailer fire started in kitchen and was ‘cooking related’
The five girls who died in the fire, ages 3 to 12, succumbed to smoke inhalation, authorities say.
Firefighter hospitalized, and released, after blaze at East Anchorage duplex
There were no other injuries from an East Anchorage duplex fire late Friday.
Fires damage homes in Anchorage and Eagle River, but nobody hurt
The Red Cross of Alaska was called to assist two adults and four children displaced from one of the homes.
Man dies in Seward log cabin fire
Next of kin for the deceased, tentatively identified as 69-year-old William Block of Seward, have been notified.
‘No other choice’: Dad caught kids as they jumped from fire, but pregnant wife landed hard
Andrew Engelking, his pregnant wife Katie McClain-Engelking, and their kids all survived after leaping from a burning apartment building last month in Spenard.
Carbon monoxide detectors hard to find in Anchorage after series of tragedies
Local Lowe’s and Home Depot stores sold out of CO detectors earlier this week, after news of a fatal fire and a carbon monoxide leak last month.
Fire at downtown Anchorage apartment building injures 2 residents
Firefighters brought the blaze on M Street, near the Delaney Park Strip, under control in about 10 minutes.
Man, 82, found dead after fire in Galena home
An 82-year-old man, Franklin "Ironman" Pitka, died in a fire in Galena early Thursday, the volunteer fire chief said.
Royal Suite fire deemed arson and homicide; police seek person of interest
Police wish to speak with Andrew John Eknaty, 28, in connection with the deadly Royal Suite Apartments fire.
Fire at Mad Myrna's bar quickly extinguished
The fire, on the second floor of the bar on the 500 block of East Fifth Avenue, was brought under control 20 minutes after firefighting crews arrived.
After fatal Anchorage fire, officials advise bedridden residents to consider living on ground floor
There's no state or city regulation that could have prevented a bedridden woman from dying in last week's huge Spenard fire, officials said.
2 dozen federal agents probing cause of fatal Anchorage apartment fire
The last time the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was called in to investigate a fire in Alaska was 2002, police said Saturday.
Fire victim remembered as warm, hardworking and going ‘above and beyond’
Teuaililo Nua was a case manager at Cordova Center, a halfway house where people remembered her fondly as always striving to help others. Her husband talked about her final moments.
Victim of Anchorage apartment fire mourned as second victim identified
As police were seeking help finding Vivian Hall's next of kin, mourners gathered for a vigil Friday to remember the other victim, Teuaililo Nua.
Investigators continue to look into cause of deadly Anchorage apartment fire
Federal investigators were traveling to Alaska from the Lower 48 on Thursday to assist local investigators in establishing the cause of the fire.
Alarm system at fire-destroyed building was up to code, city says
The Spenard building didn't have sprinklers — but they weren’t required, an official said.
2 dead, 16 injured, dozens displaced in fast-moving Anchorage apartment fire
Sixteen people were injured and dozens were displaced by the fast-moving fire at the Royal Suite Apartments on Minnesota Drive.
Fire destroys building near downtown Anchorage
Everyone was safely able to escape the fire on the 1400 block of Karluk Street, firefighters said.
Palmer company's maintenance building destroyed in late-night fire and explosions
Fuels and oils in the Minn-Alaska Transport facility exploded during a fire just before midnight Friday, according to Palmer firefighters.