Unoccupied storage building completely burned down outside northern edge of Kodiak city limits

Kodiak’s fire departments jointly responded to a structure fire Saturday evening, which required monitoring into Sunday morning. No injuries or fatalities were reported and the cause of the blaze is under investigation. Fire Protection Area No. 1, also known as the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, received a report of a fire at 3266 View Crest Lane – in the vicinity of the Kodiak Island Housing Authority – on Saturday, April 13 around 7 p.m. Bayside Fire Chief Scott Ellis said after firefighters arrived on scene, he asked Kodiak’s other departments for assistance or mutual aid. “What we found on arrival was a detached approximately 30 x 30 foot, two story, wood frame structure, appeared to be a utility or out building type structure. A garage or storage building, or workshop. It was well involved on our arrival,” Ellis explained.
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Follow up: Ketchikan area officials issue disaster declaration after blaze guts fire station, destroys equipment

VIDEO: Ketchikan Area Mayors are taking action after a major fire at the South Tongass Volunteer Fire Department (STVFD) last Tuesday left the station unusable and five emergency vehicles with serious damage. On Friday, the mayor’s of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough, City of Ketchikan and City of Saxman signed a Joint Declaration of Local Disaster Emergency in response to the building fire. In a Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly meeting on Monday, the body approved a resolution approving the declaration put forward by the Ketchikan area mayors in a vote of 7-0. The declaration further requests that Gov. Mike Dunleavy issue a disaster declaration and for the state to provide additional assistance to the borough during this time of need.
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