The Kenai Fire Department headquarters are photographed on Feb. 13, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)

The Kenai Fire Department headquarters are photographed on Feb. 13, 2018, in Kenai, Alaska. (Peninsula Clarion file)

Police identify remains found in burned car

Kenai Police and Fire departments responded to a car fire at Beaver Creek in Kenai on Jan. 7

The Kenai Police Department and state Medical Examiner have identified the person whose body was found in a Kenai car after it caught on fire last week, according to a dispatch report from the Alaska State Troopers.

Daniel Dobson, 37, of Soldotna, was identified as the deceased. The cause of the blaze is still unclear.

On Jan. 7, the Kenai Police and Fire departments responded to a car fire at Beaver Creek in Kenai, where they recovered Dobson’s body from the car.

The investigation is ongoing, the dispatch reported.

Reach reporter Camille Botello at camille.botello@peninsulaclarion.com.

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