(Courtesy/Matt Davis) The remains of a building belonging to Mike Ward that burned down overnight on Oct. 6, 2024, in Haines, Alaska.
The remains of a building belonging to Mike Ward that burned down overnight on Oct. 6, 2024, in Haines. (Courtesy/Matt Davis)

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with more information from the Haines Ministerial Association coordinating aid for victims of the fire.

Haines police said Sunday that they were looking for Larry Drake, a tenant in one of the apartments on the second floor of a building that burned to the ground overnight. 

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