Tragedy in Albion this morning, with a woman dead and her family homeless
after a mobile home fire. Here’s the story and video from Fort Wayne’s WANE TV
(that’s me seen briefly, in my position as the fire department public
information officer).
http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/one-dies-in-mobile-home-fire-in-albion
Mobile homes are death traps, whether in fires or tornadoes.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. The newer ones are designed so fire doesn't spread as quickly -- but fires in them tend to be even smokier, and it's smoke that usually kills people. Working smoke detectors are mandatory.
DeleteMobile homes always struck me that way, a disaster just waiting to happen.
ReplyDeleteNewer mobile homes are safer -- but that's relative to the old ones, which were absolute death traps.
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