01-31-2012 / Structure Fire / “B” Shift

Incident # 12-00581 – An early morning fire destroyed a residence at 339 Roadside Drive Tuesday morning at 01:35. Neighbors reported the fully involved residential fire advising the roof was already gone. Engine 8 arrived a short time later to find that the roof and walls on three sides of the doublewide mobile home were completely burned away. Most of the floor had already collapsed as well. Firefighters initially used a deck gun to knock down the flames and then used two 1-3/4 handlines to finish extinguishing the fire. No one was at home when the fire occurred. The family lost most of their possessions. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Engine 8, Engine 25, Tender 1, Tender 6, Tender 8, Tender 13, Tender 25, Tender 27, Battalion 1 and Car 12 responded. Battalion Chief Ben Heape served as Incident Commander.