November 22, 2009

Firefighters probe blaze in mobile home

       An abandoned mobile home caught fire Sunday morning, shooting flames 20 feet in the air, police said.  The home, 215 Shady Brook Heights, began burning about 1 a.m. Sunday, according to a Johnson County Sheriff’s Office report.  A sheriff’s deputy was called to the scene where neighbors told him that the home had been vacant for about two months. No injuries were reported.  The deputy saw that the door of the home had been forced open, the report said.  White River Township firefighters came to put the fire out and also began an investigation to see whether the fire was the result of arson, the report said.  The owner of the lot the home sits on could not be reached, the report said.  (Reprinted with permission from the Daily Journal)
 

           
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