Haines Volunteer Fire Department Chief Al Giddings said an electrical short in Christmas lights caused the apartment fire on Mathias Avenue last week that resulted in one occupant injuring herself after jumping to the ground from the building’s maintenance deck.
Independent forensics investigator Gentry Crain traveled to Haines and visited the apartment on Monday.
“He did a pretty thorough investigation,” Giddings said of Crain. “There were pretty good indicators of the fire’s burn pattern, of…
