October 6, 1976

Mobile home destroyed

       White River Township Volunteer firefighters battled a blazing fire in a mobile home in the Wheel Estates Trailer Park late Wednesday and early this morning.  Shortly before midnight, Lester Yates was looking outside his own trailer when he noticed that a neighbor’s mobile home was on fire.  Yates pounded on the door of the mobile home until he awakened owner Gary Blackleege, who was asleep while the fire raged in another part of the mobile home.  Investigators believe that faulty electrical wiring may have caused the fire which caused an estimated $12,000 damage.
 
 

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