AK - Three killed, 15 injured in arson fire at Anchorage apt bldg, 15 Feb 2017

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https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2017/02/15/2-dead-17-hurt-in-fire-at-anchorage-hotel/

Witnesses saw people jumping from third-floor windows of the Royal Suite Apartments, at 3811 Minnesota Drive, and heard screaming.

"I had maybe a minute and 15 seconds to get out," resident Brieanna Brooks said. "I was literally starting to asphyxiate from the smoke"...

"The majority of transported patients were adults and in serious or stable conditions; four adults were triaged by AFD personnel to be in critical condition," AFD staff wrote. "Four children were transported, two of which were in serious condition."

https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/cri...-and-homicide-police-seek-person-of-interest/

Anchorage police are seeking a "person of interest" in a deadly Spenard fire that ripped through an apartment complex last month, killing three residents and injuring or displacing dozens more.

Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were seeking 28-year-old Andrew John Eknaty in the Feb. 15 Royal Suite Apartments fire near Spenard Road and Minnesota Drive, which is being investigated as an arson and homicide...

Vivian Hall, 63, Teuaililo Nua, 38, and Laura Kramer, 70, died of injuries from the fire and the evacuation of the building.