FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A Salcha man died in a fire that destroyed a garage.
Joseph Kuntz, 58, suffered severe burns, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported.
Emergency responders at Salcha Fire and Rescue shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday received a report of the fire at a three-bay, wood-frame garage. They arrived to find the structure burned to the ground and Kuntz dead.
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The department is investigating the cause of the fire.
Salcha is a Richardson Highway community about 33 miles (53 kilometers) south of Fairbanks within the southern boundary of the Fairbanks North Star Borough. It has a population of just more than 1,000 people.
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