Metlakatla Home Fire Takes
Life Of Young Man
April 05, 2005
Tuesday
Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska State Fire Marshal's office was
notified on Friday, April 1, 2005, of a fire that had occurred
at 3:19 am in Metlakatla at the home of John Scudero Jr, age
47.
Scudero home in Metlakatla,
Alaska
Photo courtesy Alaska Division of Public Safety
According to the State Fire Marshal's office, John Scudero III,
age 21, died at the scene. Scudero, Jr, his father, entered his
son's room during the fire and was critically injured. Scudero,
Jr. has been transported to Harbor View Medical Center in Seattle.
Friday afternoon at approximately
3:00 pm, a deputy fire marshall responded to the scene for an
investigation. According to the investigation, the fire started
in the deceased's bedroom, which is upstairs in the two story
home. The fire spread to an adjoining family room, before it
was contained.
Fire damage to the
family room...
Photo courtesy Alaska Division of Public Safety
Estimated damages are in excess of $80,000 according to information
released by the State Fire Marshal's office. The four other
family members in the home escaped without injury due to the
working smoke detectors in the home.
As of Monday, April 4th, is
still unknown how the fire actually began. The investigation
is continuing according to the State Fire Marshal's office.
To date the State Fire Marshal's
office reported 9 fire deaths in Alaska for 2005. In 2004, 12
deaths were reported.
Metlakatla is located about
20 miles from Ketchikan.
E-mail your news &
photos to editor@sitnews.us
Publish A Letter on SitNews Read Letters/Opinions
Submit
A Letter to the Editor
Sitnews
Stories In The News
Ketchikan, Alaska
|