Durango Fire Protection District firefighters keep a mobile home fire from spreading to other homes Thursday morning at the Falfa Manufactured Home Community, southeast of Durango on County Road 221. The home was a total loss.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters get fresh air packs as they fight a mobile home fire Thursday morning at the Falfa Manufactured Home Community, southeast of Durango on County Road 221. The home was a total loss.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters keep a mobile home fire from spreading to other homes Thursday morning at the Falfa Manufactured Home Community, southeast of Durango on County Road 221. The home was a total loss.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters empty a burning mobile home of items as they look for hot spots from a fire that destroyed the home Thursday morning at the Falfa Manufactured Home Community, southeast of Durango on County Road 221. The home was a total loss.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>A La Plata County mobile home was destroyed by fire Thursday morning
A single-wide mobile home south of Elmore’s Corner in La Plata County was destroyed by fire Thursday morning, but the four occupants and their three dogs escaped unharmed.
Durango Fire Protection District Fire Marshal Karola Hanks said a call came in about 8:37 a.m. that a mobile home on County Road 221 was fully engulfed in flames.
The owner does not have insurance, but all four occupants and their pets were unhurt, Hanks said.
Durango Fire Protection District firefighters keep a mobile home fire from spreading to other homes Thursday morning at the Falfa Manufactured Home Community, southeast of Durango on County Road 221. The cause remains under investigation.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Firefighters remained at the scene at 11 a.m. mopping up and watching for hot spots, Hanks said. County Road 221 was closed while firefighters battled the blaze. The cause remains under investigation.
DFPD Battalion Chief Randy Black said three engines, one ambulance and four tankers responded, and 21 firefighters responded.
DFPD was assisted by Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, La Plata Electric Association, Atmos Energy and the Red Cross.
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