LEVELOCK, Alaska (AP) - An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a home fire that killed a person in the southwest community of Levelock (LEH’-vuh-lahk).
Alaska State Troopers took a call on the fire at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday in Dillingham.
Troopers say 70-year-old Charles Andrew and 59-year-old Katherine Achayok (AH’-chay-ahk) of Pilot Point were at the home and that Achayok likely died in the fire.
Investigators say Andrew went to bed at about 10 p.m. Wednesday while Achayok stayed up watching television. Both had smoked cigarettes on an exterior porch.
Andrew awoke to the fire and escaped. After the fire was put out, a body was found inside and Achayok was not accounted for.
An autopsy is scheduled.
Levelock is 278 miles southwest of Anchorage.
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