Twin Lakes fire was latest in a string of intentional — but unconnected — fires

The remains of the playground at Twin Lakes steam after a fire was mostly extinguished on Monday, April 24. (Photo by Quinton Chandler/KTOO)
In what could only be described as an ironic and tragic coincidence, last week’s playground fire at Twin Lakes happened on the very first day of a statewide conference in Juneau of Alaska fire and arson investigators.
Juneau Fire Marshal Dan Jager organized the conference that drew 40 students from the North Slope Borough to Ketchikan. Half a dozen in