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Person burned from Sacramento County mobile home park fire fanned by winds, officials say
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A person is in the hospital after an early Friday morning fire at a mobile home park in Sacramento County, officials said.The fire started just after 2 a.m. at the Camelia Gardens Mobile Home Park in the Arden-Arcade area, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. When firefighters arrived, they noticed heavy fire from one of the units.Parker Wilbourn, a spokesperson for Metro Fire, said they initially got a report that two people were missing. Crews found one person with burns and sent them to a hospital. That person’s injuries were described as minor to moderate.Wilbourn said they found the other person, and they had no injuries.Parts of Northern California are under a red flag warning because of dry vegetation and strong winds that create a high risk of wildfires with a fast rate of spread.Wilbourn noted those conditions posed a challenge for crews putting out the fire because of winds blowing embers toward other mobile homes. Firefighters managed to keep flames mostly to the one unit, with nearby homes having minor damage. But he explained the fire could have been much worse.”We know in these particular situations fire can move from home to home very fast,” Wilbourn said. “We’ve seen that. We’ve had mobile homes where we’ve had 10, 15, 20 homes burn because they’re such close proximity. Knowing that, knowing the wind, it’s red flag conditions — we had a lot of things going against us.” Wilbourn said while they are still investigating the fire, crews believe it started after a person who was smoking a cigarette fell asleep on a sofa.Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said winds will taper overnight and be fairly light Saturday, but because the winds are coming from the north, the red flag warning will stay in effect until 5 p.m. Saturday.Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to KCRA.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
A person is in the hospital after an early Friday morning fire at a mobile home park in Sacramento County, officials said.
The fire started just after 2 a.m. at the Camelia Gardens Mobile Home Park in the Arden-Arcade area, the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. When firefighters arrived, they noticed heavy fire from one of the units.
Parker Wilbourn, a spokesperson for Metro Fire, said they initially got a report that two people were missing. Crews found one person with burns and sent them to a hospital. That person’s injuries were described as minor to moderate.
Wilbourn said they found the other person, and they had no injuries.
Parts of Northern California are under a red flag warning because of dry vegetation and strong winds that create a high risk of wildfires with a fast rate of spread.
Wilbourn noted those conditions posed a challenge for crews putting out the fire because of winds blowing embers toward other mobile homes. Firefighters managed to keep flames mostly to the one unit, with nearby homes having minor damage. But he explained the fire could have been much worse.
“We know in these particular situations fire can move from home to home very fast,” Wilbourn said. “We’ve seen that. We’ve had mobile homes where we’ve had 10, 15, 20 homes burn because they’re such close proximity. Knowing that, knowing the wind, it’s red flag conditions — we had a lot of things going against us.”
Wilbourn said while they are still investigating the fire, crews believe it started after a person who was smoking a cigarette fell asleep on a sofa.
Meteorologist Dirk Verdoorn said winds will taper overnight and be fairly light Saturday, but because the winds are coming from the north, the red flag warning will stay in effect until 5 p.m. Saturday.
Do you have photos or video of an incident? If so, upload them to KCRA.com/upload. Be sure to include your name and additional details so we can give you proper credit online and on TV.
See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter
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