19/January/2015 – Structure Fire - “A” Shift

Incident # 15-00377 – Firefighters responded to 9307 Augusta Hwy Monday evening 19-January at 21:45 for a structure fire. Callers to 9-1-1 reported flames coming out of the windows of a mobile home at that location. Engine 17 arrived minutes later and reported a fully involved singlewide mobile and that the roof had already collapsed. They verified that the only occupant had escaped unharmed. Crews deployed two 1-3/4 handlines to extinguish the fire. The fire appears to have started in a bedroom at one end of the structure. The room was equipped with a wood burning stove. The occupant was in the other end of the dwelling when he discovered the fire. Firefighters were on the scene for several hours. The Red Cross is assisting the man.  

Engine 17, Engine 26, Tender 5, Tender 7, Tender 19, Tender 27, Tender 36, Medic 26, Battalion 1 and Car 118 responded. Battalion Chief Dan Barb served as Incident Commander.