Four people were displaced and three cats missing, after a mobile home was engulfed in flames during a Monday night fire on Tucson's south side, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to the 6100 block of South Park Avenue at about 9 p.m., after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting heavy smoke and flames coming from a mobile home, said Capt. Barrett Baker, a spokesman for Tucson Fire Department.
When crews arrived, they saw a large column of smoke coming from the home, which was fully involved in flames. Firefighters confirmed that all four residents were out safely, but learned that there were still possibly pets inside the mobile home, Baker said.
The fire was too large for crews to enter the home, and multiple hose lines were used to extinguish the blaze, as well as protect the three neighboring homes. It took twenty-three firefighters from nine units to extinguish the blaze in less than 20 minutes, Baker said.
No one was injured in the blaze, but three of the family's cats are still missing. Red Cross will be assisting the four residents, Baker said.
The cause and origin of the fire are still under investigation, Baker said.
