Bethel declares local disaster after Kilbuck fire

Bethel fire fighters dousing the Kilbuck campus fire around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur / KYUK)
Bethel City Council has declared a local government disaster following the Kilbuck fire that incinerated the Ayaprun Elitnaurvik Yup’ik immersion school and damaged the Kuskokwim Learning Academy school and dorms.
The fire raged for over 12 hours last week and demanded extensive city resources from the fire, police, and public works department, which hauled over a quar