A family of three was displaced after a fire erupted in their south-side mobile home early Sunday afternoon.
The family called Tucson Fire Department at 12:25 p.m. after a 22-year-old male resident smelled smoke inside the home at the 400 block of East Corona Road, states a TFD press release. After discovering a fire in the middle bedroom, he tried to use a fire extinguisher to put it out. But the fire was too large, so he was forced to evacuate the home along with a 19-year-old female and a 16 month old baby.
When firefighters arrived at the scene four minutes later, they saw smoke and flames coming out of the bedroom window. The crew extinguished the fire by spraying water through the window onto the ceiling so it would act like a sprinkler.
Members of the crew, which was 23 firefighters strong, then entered the home and installed a high-powered fan to blow the smoke out. The fire was under control within 15 minutes, the press release says. No firefighters were injured.
The family will receive help from the Red Cross because the damages to the mobile home left it beyond repair. Investigators are still working to determine the cause of the fire.
