KAKE — At 5:52 a.m. Saturday Alaska State Troopers received a report of a structure fire on Silver Spike Road in Kake. The owner of the residence, Loren Jackson, 39 of Kake, was unaccounted for. The Kake Fire Department extinguished the fire but the structure sustained major damage. On Sunday at about 1:30 p.m., AST and a Department of Public Safety Deputy Fire Marshal arrived in Kake to process the scene.
Authorities recovered the body of Loren Jackson Jr., who lived in the home, on Sunday afternoon.
The remains will be transported to the State Medical Examiner's office in Anchorage for autopsy and positive identification. Next of kin has been notified.
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