Officials say the unit where the fire is believed to have begun did not have working smoke alarms, an unfortunate trend for most of Anchorage’s eight fatal fires this year.
Anchorage Fire Department employees at the site of a Midtown Anchorage fire that occurred early in the morning on Sep. 13, 2023. Assistant Anchorage Fire Chief Alex Boyd says officers were alerted to a fire at a Midtown fourplex on East 48th Avenue near Cordova St. at around 4:17 am. He says officers arrived roughly four minutes later.
One person was found dead in the downstairs unit. Their identity is being confirmed by the Medical Examiner’s office, and will be released once next of kin have been notified. “One of the common themes there is in the majority of those fires, there were no smoke alarms present, or not in working condition at the time of the fire that contributed to the fatality,” Boyd said.
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