No fatalities were reported after three separate residential fires in apartment buildings and a trailer court occurred Friday and Saturday in Anchorage, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
While the causes of the fires were still under investigation, a department spokesperson encouraged residents to follow safety protocols when using space heaters, including keeping them at least 3 feet from flammable materials and not leaving them unattended. Anchorage temperatures in recent days have topped out in the single digits and plummeted below zero at night.
Around 8:50 a.m. Friday, a fire was reported in East Anchorage at a mobile home court along the 700 block of Muldoon Road, the department said.
“Shortly after AFD’s arrival, smoke was noticed coming from underneath the adjacent mobile home,” the department said in a statement. Twelve units responded, both mobile homes were evacuated, and the department said it hadn’t taken anyone to the hospital.
Later Friday, shortly after 4 p.m., another fire was reported at an apartment building on the 1000 block of Ingra Street. Sixteen units responded, and the cause of the fire is still under investigation, the department said. Residents were evacuated, with two referred to the Red Cross, and the fire department said it didn’t take anyone to the hospital following that blaze either.
A third residential fire was reported Saturday morning just before 6 a.m. at an apartment building on Markle Loop, prompting 11 units to respond, the department said. Residents were evacuated from each unit of the building, located southeast of the Abbott Road-Lake Otis Parkway intersection, and seven were referred to the Red Cross, according to the fire department. AFD didn’t take anyone to the hospital, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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