Monday morning fire damages Ketchikan home

A house fire Monday morning in the 300 block of Deermount Street, Ketchikan, was caused by a resident trying to thaw some frozen pipes. No one was injured.
Ketchikan Fire Marshall Chris Grooms said the fire was called in at about 9 a.m. Monday.
“Well, the initial call was for smoke coming from an outlet. Shortly thereafter, we got a second call for smoke coming from several outlets,” he said. “Smoke was showing when the fire department got there. We found later that the fire wa