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slides will continue through the evening.
The missing people were reportedly working on a house, in the
final stage of construction, that was totally destroyed by the
Kramer Avenue slide. The city public information office gave
the address of the house as 410 Kramer Ave., owned by Christine
McGraw.
If the governor declares a state of emergency, more resources
will come to Sitka, Gorman said. He expects immediate action
on the request in Juneau.
The major slides were on Halibut Point Road, Kramer Avenue
and Sawmill Creek Road at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park,
said Assistant Fire Chief Al Stevens. There was flooding in
several areas, and a large sinkhole was created in front of the
laundromat in the 900 block of HPR.
“Because of the heavy rains, we’ve had three major slides. The
slide on Kramer Avenue has taken out a house .... The slide on
Halibut Point Road is creating a bunch of flooding,” Stevens
told reporters this morning.
Sitka police received the 911 call reporting the Kramer Avenue
slide at 9:40 a.m. Within half an hour there were reports of the
slide at the Gary Paxton Industrial Park and along HPR near
Sandy Beach, along with reports of flooding and washouts from
clogged culverts throughout town. At 10:25 a.m. the fire hall
called in all engineers and volunteers.