Stations 22, 6,
12 and 1 responded to a singlewide mobile home fire behind 5545 Ritter
Road Wednesday, 26-November at 1008. Engine 6 arrived to report smoke
visible from the structure. Several men were inside the mobile home with
shovels and a garden hose pulling down the ceiling and attempting to
douse the flames. Firefighters got the men out of the building and began
pulling the ceiling from the main room. The fire, which started in the
area of the chimney attached to a fireplace, had already extended in the
void space above the living area and extended in both directions in the
space. One 1-3/4" handline was used to extinguish the fire.
Most of the ceiling in the center of the structure had to be removed.
The home suffered light smoke and heavy water damage. Most of the
family's belongings were saved. No one was injured in the incident.
This is the
second fire at this location in 14 months. The previous mobile home had
been replaced with this structure following a fire the heavily damaged
that building.
Engine 6, Engine
1, Tender 1, Tender 6, Tender 22, Medic 6, Battalion 1 and
