With quick thinking and a garden hose, mother and son extinguish Sitka house fire

With quick thinking and a garden hose, mother and son extinguish Sitka house fire

(KCAW Photo/Justin and Shannon Elmquist) Shannon Elmquist, a retired teacher from Nevada, moved to Sitka earlier this month to be closer to her family and new grandson.“My youngest son, Justin Elmquist road tripped with me from Gardnerville, Nevada,” Elmquist said in an interview with KCAW on Thursday (7-24-25). “We caught the ferry in Bellingham, Washington, and arrived [in Sitka] on the 14th of July.” Shannon and Justin made a lot of memories …