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Late Night Fire Destroys Cottage Hill Mobile Home (With Photo Gallery)
December 1, 2010
Several Cottage Hill community residents were left homeless by a fire that destroyed their mobile home late Tuesday night.
The blaze was reported about 11:10 p.m. at the double wide mobile home in the area of McKenzie Road and Eastman Lane. The fire was reported to be out by about midnight; the home was a total loss. All occupants of the mobile home were reported to have escaped without injury.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
The Cantonment, Molino, McDavid, Ensley and Beulah stations of Escambia Fire Rescue responded to the blaze.
For more photos from the fire, including the aftermath, click here.
Pictured: Fire destroyed this Cottage Hill mobile home late Tuesday night. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Smith, click to enlarge.
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27 Responses to “Late Night Fire Destroys Cottage Hill Mobile Home (With Photo Gallery)”
It a shame. Did they fig out what started it? Glad all got out ok.
AND TO THE FAMILY I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL MY FAMILE AND I HAD TWO HOUSE FIRES IN TWO YEARS. IT DOSE GET BETTER . ALL YOU CAN DO IS PRAY GOD YOUR FAMILE IS OKAY AND LOOK UP ON LIFE. YOU CAN ALWAYS GET MORE THINGS AND YOU HAVE ONE ANOTHER TO MAKE IT. AND ALOT OF PEOPLE TO HELP.
MTD THE REASON IS SAFETY FOR THE FIREFIGHTER’S, MAN POWER AND WATER. AND OUT OF THE 5 STATIONS THAT WAS ONSCENE ONE HAD PAYED FIREFIGHTER THE OTHER 4 ARE VOL. FIRE STATIONS. AND EVERYONE OF THE FIREFIGHTER’S IN ESCAMBIA FIRE PAY TAXS. ESCAMBIA HAS OVER 300 VOL. FIREFIGHTER’S THAT GIVE MORE THEN MONEY. LOOK AT IT THIS MAY IF PEOPLE DIDN’T PAY TAXS LIKE YOU AND ME ESCAMBIA WOULDN’T HAVE FIRE TRUCKS AND EMS. BUT IT WAS ABOUT 2O.OO DOLLARS IN FUEL. WON’T YOU VOL. WE ALWAY NEED MORE FIREFIGHTER’S
All i can say is i glad no one was hurt… Sorry for your lost hope thing’s get better for them… I live in a trailer and i cant think of something happen like that to us it is terrible…. AND GOOD JOB FIREMEN YOU DONE YOUR JOB ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
To all with negative comments
You must not have experienced a devistation of this nature. Shame on you for being insencitive to the plight of this family. If it had been my TRAILER or HOUSE I would want every available resource to respond no matter the distance they traved to help. Because you were not there you were not aware of all the decisions that had to be made by the firefighters. We ALL pay for the different departments that responded, they are there to help as needed. As a witness to some of the things I saw, the firefighters had a hard time getting water. I am not sure if there was a hydrant closer or if it could be used but a hydrant a mile and a half away was being used to reload the trucks. The injustice to the family for not having a hydrant closer is more crucial than all the trucks and personnel that responded. Just a note in defense of the family this may have been the straw that broke the camels back. It looked as though they also lost a vehicle. Please be a more responsible commentator and be kinder to your fellow man. Prayers are with the family and thank you for your hard work and dedication ….FIREFIGHTERS near and far.
hey we are the love children thank you firefighters for trinng to safe our home & risk your live for thank you god bless you all!!!!\
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I have read further, and found that after MTD said, ” OK I see your points.YOU win!” some have kept hammering the point. I do not understand why.
Comments on this article must stay on topic. Further discussion into the personal affairs of the family will be tolerated, with the exception of how one might help with donations if they so choose.
MTD asked a good and understandable question. He received some good and understandable answers. Win, win. Patient and sound communication is a very good and helpful thing. I wish I saw it more often. People actually listening to one another.
>>Does anyone have the address of this home. I live on Mckenzie rd. and did not hear anything last night.
The house had an Eastman Lane address off McKenzie, across the railroad tracks from 95A.
I hate for this family at this time. Does anyone have the address of this home. I live on Mckenzie rd. and did not hear anything last night.
The home belonged to Ray and Trysha Love, a young couple in their late 20’s with four small children under the age of 10. They did NOT have any insurance.
For those wishing to donate clothing, Trysha wears a size 1 jeans and small or medium shirts. Their daughters wear sizes 10 down to a 4T and their son is a 6T. Ray wear size 36 pants and XL to XXL shirts.
If you would like to donate anything to help this family, especially here at Christmas time, please contact me at 968-6686. God bless.
Do they have children?
Very sorry for the loss of these peoples home.
God Bless our firefighters! If the home belonged to
you, you might want as much response as possible….
… if it were Your loved ones effected. Just be thankful it
is not.
Again, God bless our firefighters!
be careful William,you just might end up as an international reporter with your logical answers and retort.You seldom comment here but when you do you pull no punches and sugar coat nothing.You are doing a great job!!!
That area is just a small open grassy spot and then woods and homes – including my family. Thank God for all departments willing to get out in the wet, windy cold.
The wind was blowing like crazy making the fire get very close to the other homes around it. ALL the stations were needed to keep the fire from spreading not only to the other houses surrounding it, but the woods that are there as well. God help us when we are more worried about money than the lives of our fellow brother and sisters. So thankful they all got out and everyone is safe. Im sure finding out what they are in need of and donating items right now would be much appreciated. God Bless
I am constantly amazed @ the thought process of some folks. I, too, used to ask similar questions as “MTD”….thinking of ‘wasted tax dollars’.
My son is an Esc. Cty. (Fla.) firefighter….started as a volunteer…..he absolutely eats, sleeps, & breathes his duties associated with his job. I thank God EVERY DAY for keeping a watchful & protective arm around his shoulder as he risks his life (as does all firefighters…sooner or later) to save lives & property.
To aam:
You said it & explained it to the extent that MAYBE the general public will have a better grasp of what you guys do.
To MTD:
Have you ever been in close proximity to a fully involved house/structure fire??? If a person is not a God-fearing person, it certainly should convert them into one!! The intensity of the heat alone is unnerving!
To stand back & observe these men & women give everything in their very being to fight that beast…all the while imagining being in the midst of that blaze…….
excuse me, but it should scare the Hell out of you!!!!!!
Just stop & think about a child, elderly person, or family pet perishing in a fire…..
not to mention, the loss of property….which doesn’t amout to a hill of beans (it’s just stuff that can be replaced)…..really try to imagine waking up to that.
I’ll climb down off of my soapbox, now……….However, I do challenge you to seriously think about your comments along with mine & aam’s.
May God keep you safe from experiencing fire.
that kinda looks like my freinds house
OK I see your points.YOU win!
Sorry for their loss….I know from it happing to me 5yrs ago losing everything u own in just minutes…just thank the good lord no one was hurt…and it doesnt matter how much tax dollars it takes for people to come to the aid of people no matter how far away at least they came to help……I would not wish this to happen to my worst enemy it is terrible….SO THANKS TO ALL THAT CAME OUT TO HELP THIS FAMILY.
To MDT
Another thing to consider is the fact that strong winds could spread a fire that large into surrounding houses. Find some other way to save money. We need all the emergency response we can get. A waste – - – I think not.
And there’s always the possibility these fires could spread through the surrounding brush. You could have a forest fire before you know it.
In response to MTD.
When other departments respond they are there to relieve and assist. I have fought many home fires, and to prevent spreading to other properties by sparks or embers it needs to be extinguished quickly. Then you have to go through the property and check for hot spots to prevent reflash when no one is around that could spread into a large woods fire ect. Bottom line, until you put on the bunker gear and go through the many hundreds of hours and stand the post please think before you speak about the volunteer fire departments.
Cantonment and Molino were sufficiant.Are you lost? do you know how far McDavid and Beulah are from this fire?Be real
MTD wrote “how much tax dollars were wasted by Beulah and McDavid responding to a trailer fire in cottage hill? ”
Zero tax dollars were wasted. Every penny was well spent.
Someone’s house was on fire. Someone’s family might have been trapped inside. Firefighters fighting the blaze needed relief and support.
Next time, it might be your house on fire. Perhaps you would view help arriving differently.
Terrible,so sorry this happened.BUT how much tax dollars were wasted by Beulah and McDavid responding to a trailer fire in cottage hill? Thats just rediculous.It’s a trailer fire.By the time they got going good ,the trailer was mostly gone.That’s a 20 min. drive at the least.I’m sure there’s a real good reason