By Associated Press - Monday, September 26, 2016

TETLIN, Alaska (AP) - A fire that burned down a home in an interior Alaska village is being blamed on children playing with fireworks.

Alaska State Troopers just after 5 p.m. Sunday received a report of a fire at a home in Tetlin.

Division of Forestry responders in Tok (tohk) extinguished the fire.



The home was destroyed.

Tetlin is 20 miles southeast of Tok.

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