Early Morning Fire

4-26-2007

Contact Tom Kempton 317-7233

Anchorage firefighters responded at 2:53 AM this morning to reports of smoke coming from a 4 plex at 3905 E 4th Ave, in Anchorage.

First arriving units called a "working fire" and set up to make entry after the Anchorage Polce Officers on location reported that the structure had been evacuated. Engine company officers reported finding a gas can and what appeared to be an intentionally set fire in a closet in the ground floor unit. The small fire was quickly extinguished and the smoke cleared from the other units.

Fire officers interviewed several people at the scene that reported that squatters in a downstairs apartment had been having a party and that an intoxicated male had gotten angry and had set the fire. 

Anchorage Police Officers are investigating the incident.

Fire damage was contained to the one room of origin and is estimated at $25,000.