Two of the victims died in a Seattle hospital, and the third in an Anchorage hospital.
Updated: 21 seconds agoA Bethel Fire Department vehicle outside a home that caught fire on June 14, 2024. Bethel Acting Police Chief Christopher Wigner said Doreen Black of Bethel, Gregory Alfred of Kwethluk and Nastasia Nick of Nunapitchuk died over the weekend after being flown out of the city for treatment.
“They were life-flighted out to Anchorage, and then they had two of the victims transported out to Seattle,” Wigner said Monday afternoon. “At this time, we have received information that all three have passed away.” Wigner said Bethel’s Fire Department and police initially responded to a report of a house fire at 1019 Ridgecrest Drive at about 2:15 p.m. Friday.
When they arrived five minutes later, Wigner said, first responders saw smoke coming from the home. According to the incident report, firefighters went inside and found Black, Alfred and Nick unconscious and severely burned. An ambulance and a Bethel police vehicle took the three to the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. hospital, where they were listed in critical condition.Wigner said local first responders spent the weekend trying to figure out what caused the fire.
As of Tuesday morning, the state investigation into the fire was ongoing, although DeSpain wrote that the fire was “not suspicious.”
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