A fire left six people without a home Sunday evening in Chugiak.
According to Chugiak Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department Assistant Chief Clifton Dalton, the fire was reported at 5:47 p.m. and firefighters arrived from the nearby CVFRD Station 35 on the Old Glenn Highway two minutes later. When crews arrived, Dalton said the home was about 50 percent engulfed in flames.
"It took us about 45 minutes to get it under control," he said.
No injuries were reported to firefighters or residents of the home, about a quarter-mile north of the Glenn Highway/North Birchwood intersection. Damage to the structure was still being assessed, but the building appeared to suffer heavy damage.
The fire also spread to a nearby mini storage business, but firefighers were able to contain the spread to one unit of the facility.