3/1/19

Mobile home fire 168 Aardvark Trail Photo WCFD

(Cleveland)- White County Fire officials say no one was injured, but a mobile home was destroyed by fire Thursday. 

Public Safety Director David Murphy said in an email,  at approximately 4:45 PM Thursday White Co 911 received a reported single wide mobile fire at 168 Aardvark Trail off Camelback Road off US Hwy 129 south of Cleveland.

Murphy said units responding reported heavy smoke conditions from the area prior to arrival.  Firefighter arrived on scene to find a single wide mobile home with partial collapse and 50% involvement.  No one was at home at the time of the fire, according to Murphy, and no cause has been determined. 

Fire investigators were called to the scene, and the American Red Cross dispatched to assist the victims. 

Murphy noted that road conditions in the neighborhood caused a delay in apparatus getting to the home, however, it was not a contributing factor to the loss. 

White County Stations 4, 5, Tanker 2 with mutual aid from Cleveland City and Lee Arrendale fire brigade responded to the incident.