FROM: Steve Crouch,
Assistant Chief DATE: 8 November, 2008
North
Star Fire Department.
2358 Bradway Road
488-3400
SUBJECT:
For
Immediate Release: North Pole, Alaska.
On
Friday evening, November 7, 2008, at approximately 8:51 p.m., the North Star Volunteer
Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at a well known
North Pole landmark, Lee’s Sauna and Massage Parlor, located at 1431 Old Richardson Highway. Fairbanks City Dispatch stated callers were reporting
smoke and flames coming from the roof of the structure. The first fire engine arrived on scene within 6
minutes and found an approximately 60’ x 100’ one story wood frame structure
with heavy black smoke throughout and fire showing from 50 percent of the
structure.
Firefighters
from North Star Volunteer Fire Department, Fort
Wainwright Fire Department, City of Fairbanks, City of North
Pole, University Fire, and Steese Area Volunteer Fire
Departments had the fire under control
within 1 hour of arrival. The fire was
completely extinguished at 0059 hours.
The
cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
The structure, valued at approximately $65,000.00, was a total
loss. The structure was unoccupied when
fire crews arrived and there were no injuries as a result of the fire.
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