Pickup truck destroyed in early morning blaze

Pickup truck destroyed in early morning blaze

A pickup truck caught fire and burned in the 1300 block of Halibut Point Road early Monday morning, in front of the Sitka Community Land Trust cottage neighborhood. The Sitka Fire Department received the call just before 2 a.m. Deputy chief David Johnson says four firefighters responded, and extinguished the blaze in under 15 minutes. The loud explosions reported by neighbors on social media were not from the truck itself, but from the tires. Jo…