Alaska State Troopers say Terry Mason, 73, and Emma Mason, 67, died in the late-night Saturday blaze on Wasilla's Terrell Drive.
Firefighters say a fast-moving fire swept through a Wasilla home Saturday night, destroying the structure and leaving two people dead.as Terry Mason, 73, and Emma Mason, 67. Their families have been notified, troopers said.
“They reported a single-story house with heavy smoke and fire coming out of one side of the building,” Keenan said in an interview Monday. “This house had a full basement and the fire had collapsed the floor, so we couldn’t make access to the house because it wasn’t safe,” Keenan said. “Eventually, we got the fire knocked down enough that we were able to search, and both occupants were found deceased inside the house.”
“With the amount of damage that occurred and the fact that the building collapsed on the inside – the floor is gone – it’s going to take a little while for us to get in there and dig it out,” Keenan said.
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