The three people had been pulled from the burning home and flown out of the community for medical treatment.
Bethel’s Acting Police Chief Christopher Wigner said Doreen Black of Bethel, Gregory Alfred of Kwethluk and Nastasia Nick of Nunapitchuk died over the weekend after being medevaced out of the community for treatment.
Wigner said Bethel’s Fire Department and police initially responded to a report of a house fire at 1019 Ridgecrest Dr. at about 2:15 p.m. on Friday. “It appears that the fire was started accidentally, possibly by a cigarette started a fire on the couch and spread to part of the residence,” Wigner said.
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