Fire Breaks Out at Fuel Warehouse

Wednesday, April 09 2014


Courtesy of Abner Hoage

Emergency responders were called to Captains Bay road today to put out a fire inside North Pacific Fuel's warehouse.

Fire chief Abner Hoage says warehouse employees accidentally started the blaze.

"They were doing electrical work and some of the beams caught on fire," Hoage says. "The employees quickly isolated the power and called us, so they did a great job."

Two fire engines and about a dozen public safety personnel responded to the scene. Hoage says the fire was still burning when they entered the warehouse, but firefighters kept the flames contained and put them out quickly.

"There were no injuries," Hoage says. "There was a little bit of surface charring, but no major damage to structure or property."

Norman Bautista manages the Unalaska terminal for North Pacific Fuel. He said an electrician was inspecting the warehouse Wednesday night to determine what caused the fire.

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