Anchorage apartment fire kills 1, displaces dozens

A Wednesday night hearth at a condominium advanced in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood left one particular person useless and displaced everybody else residing there in a single day, firefighters say.

In line with Anchorage Fireplace Division Assistant Chief Alex Boyd, crews responded simply earlier than 8 p.m. to a 20-unit, two-story condominium constructing on the 400 block of North Bragaw Avenue. There have been flames and smoke seen from the second flooring. 

One particular person was reported lacking, however was quickly discovered by police exterior of a second-floor condominium, mentioned Boyd.

“They moved that particular person to the hearth crews who initiated care,” he mentioned. “The particular person was declared useless on the scene because of the degree of accidents that they sustained.”

The sufferer hasn’t but been publicly recognized, Boyd mentioned. No different accidents had been reported.

Solely the sufferer’s unit burned within the blaze, Boyd mentioned, however water from hearth hoses broken a number of different items. Everybody residing within the constructing was displaced Wednesday night time, with the Crimson Cross of Alaska offering help.

Investigators are working to establish the place and the way the hearth began, Boyd mentioned. He mentioned it’s unknown if there have been working smoke alarms within the constructing or the engulfed condominium.

Firefighters urge residents to substantiate smoke alarms are working, and verify their batteries.

Wednesday’s blaze was Anchorage’s fifth deadly hearth of 2023.