Emmonak fire damages sewer and water systems

A fire in Emmonak has damaged the local water treatment plant.
Emmonak’s Mayor Wilbur Hootch says the vacuum pump system and the electrical components connected to it have burnt out.
The fire did not cause any fatalities.
Technicians are working to keep community pipes from freezing.
To do that, a main storage water tank must be filled.
A failure to fill that tank could be costly, Hootch said.
“If we don’t have enough water level in our 100,000 (gallon) plus storage tank,