Anchorage fire that left 2 dead may have been arson, police say

Anchorage police say two people have died following an early-morning residential fire Thursday, which is believed to have been intentionally set. According to a police statement Tuesday, officers and Anchorage Fire Department crews responded shortly before 2 a.m. Thursday to the fire on the 3000 block of Young Street, off Lake Otis Parkway near 36th Avenue. Two people severely injured in the fire were taken to a local hospital, but later died.

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