Hot chimney believed to have triggered fire
Gwen ALBERS<br | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 17 years, 9 months AGO
A Sunday fire destroyed a single-wide trailer in the Naples area.
The cause of the fire at the Mountain Meadows Road home of Travis Marble appears accidental, said Tony Rohrwasser, chief for South Boundary Fire District.
“I'm not 100 percent sure, but we believe the single-wall chimney got hot and caught the ceiling on fire,” Rohrwasser said.
Marble came home to find his home burning.
The first firefighter arrived within 4 minutes after getting the emergency call at 12:30 p.m., yet the trailer could not be saved. Marble lost everything and did not have the home insured. No one was hurt.
Marble, who had been remodeling the trailer, is staying with his mother, who lives in another home on the property.
Firefighters were on scene for about three hours.
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