The second house fire in two days erupted in Bethel. Just after 4 p.m. on Wed. Oct. 2, fire crews responded to a call of a trailer in flames behind Front Street Cafe. Acting Fire Chief Daron Solesbee says there were no injuries or fatalities.
Jeremy Lee was renting a room in the trailer, which he described as “a bunk house,” with five tenents renting its five bedrooms. He said that the owners of Front Street Cafe owned the building, which contained a shared bathroom and no kitchen. He told KYUK that police led a woman away from the building in handcuffs after the fire started.
This is the second house fire in Bethel this week. The day prior, a fire consumed a house near H-Marker Lake known as the “Polk Home.” No one was inside and an investigation into its cause is ongoing.