Two house fires occurred over the weekend in Anchorage, leaving one person dead and another seriously wounded, fire officials said.
Flowers are placed in the snow outside a home that caught fire and killed one resident on Olympic Drive in Anchorage, photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023.
Firefighters were called to the 1900 block of Olympic Drive around 10:45 p.m. New Year’s Eve and found the home half-involved in flames, the Anchorage Fire Department said in a statement. One resident was reported missing, and firefighters searched areas of the South Anchorage home that were not yet ablaze but could not find the person, the department said.
The blaze was controlled in less than a half-hour, the fire department said, and the missing resident was found dead inside the home. Officials have not publicly identified the resident because they are working to notify the family. The fire was likely caused by improperly handled or disposed-of smoking material, Assistant Fire Chief Alex Boyd said. Investigators did not find smoke detectors inside the home, which Boyd said may have prevented the resident from becoming aware of the fire with enough time to escape.On New Year’s Day, a resident reported to firefighters that smoke was coming from a home on the 1500 block of Ermine Street just before 11 p.m. and that glass could be heard breaking, the department said.
Firefighters rescued one occupant of the East Anchorage residence around 11:15 p.m., the department said. They were brought to a hospital in critical condition, according to the department.Charred debris is visible near the front door of a house that caught fire on Ermine Street in Anchorage, photographed on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. One person is in critical condition after the Jan. 1 fire, according to the Anchorage Fire Department. The home has considerable smoke and fire damage, he said.
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