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Valdez Emergency Services Respond to Structure Fire on Foraker Street

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Photo courtesy of MaryRae Kagak

VALDEZ, ALASKA. (July 15, 2024) — Valdez Police and Fire Dispatch were notified at 9:09 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, July 14, 2024, of structure fire in an apartment building located at 105 Foraker Street.

Valdez Fire Department personnel arrived at the scene and found a four-plex, multi- family dwelling with fire showing from the second floor. The fire department extinguished the fire in the top-floor apartment, the other three apartments received some smoke and water damage. Response personnel were on the scene for three hours.

The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the office of the Valdez Fire Department.