A 68-year-old man was killed in an early morning mobile home fire Friday, the second fatal Tucson fire in five days, authorities said.
Shortly before 5 a.m., Tucson Fire Department received multiple 911 calls about a mobile home on fire in the 3400 block of North Romero Avenue, said Capt. Andrew Skaggs, a department spokesman.
One caller said he was woken up by a "loud pop noise" and looked outside his home to see his neighbor's air conditioning unit on fire, Skaggs said.
Fire crews saw heavy smoke as they approached the home and pulled hose lines through the front door to extinguish the flames and search for residents.
Heavy fire was reported in the back bedroom, and once it was knocked down, firefighters were able to enter the room and found the victim and his cat, Skaggs said.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
It took 10 units and 25 firefighters 11 minutes to bring the blaze under control, and one firefighter was transported to the hospital for evaluation, Skaggs said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, but there was no working smoke alarm inside the home.
