Early morning fire rips through three Kobuk structures, including home

Three buildings were destroyed by fire early Sunday morning in the village of Kobuk.
The fire was first reported to officials in Kotzebue just before 1 a.m., according to Silvano Viveiros, the Northwest Arctic Borough fire chief.
An online trooper dispatch said the fire started at a local grocery store. Viveiros said the fire grew so quickly, no one was notified until it was fully engulfed. It spread to the store’s storage unit and a nearby home before it was finally put out around 6 a.m.,