ANCHORAGE, AK -- A family friend says a city building official is among the four people missing Tuesday after landslides struck a southeast Alaska town.
The family friend, Peter Turner, says the missing official in Sitka is 62-year-old William Stortz. The Daily Sitka Sentinel first reported the identity.
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Turner also says Stortz is the city fire marshal.
Emergency responders have said only that the missing people are believed to be workers at a residential construction site. Sitka fire spokeswoman Sara Peterson says a search has not yet started because of the instability of the site.
The landslides occurred Tuesday morning after 2 1/2 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. One sinkhole also was reported.