The remains of a small trailer that caught fire at the Panhandle Trailer Court on Thursday, Dec. 22. The cause of the fire, which injured one person, remains under investigation.
A late night blaze destroyed a trailer and sent a woman to Wrangell Medical Center with severe burns on Thursday, Dec. 22.
The fire, which began at 10:30 p.m. in a small pull-behind trailer near the top of the park, severely injured 48-year-old Kathryn Bartels.
Thirty firefighters from the Wrangell Volunteer Fire Department, with three fire engines, two ambulances, and three rescue rigs took part in the effort to battle the blaze.
According to Fire Marshal Bob Plumb of the Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety, the cause of the blaze, which has been narrowed down to either an unattended ciga...
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