A fire ravaged a trailer in Mustang Acres in Red Deer on Monday, leaving three adults and an infant without a home.
Emergency Services received a call at 2:11 p.m. from concerned neighbours at 6834 59th Ave. who smelled smoke coming from a nearby mobile home.
Heavy smoke and visible flames were leaping from the structure when crews arrived.
Smoke billowed out from the front windows as firefighters pushed the blaze towards the front of the trailer to get it under control.
No injuries were reported as no one was home at the time of the fire. The fire was extinguished within 40 minutes.
Assistant platoon chief Terry Brew was on scene and noted the damage was extensive.
The neighbouring trailers were not affected.
Ryan Taylor and his girlfriend Dana Davies were across the street visiting Davies’ parents when Taylor stepped outside and smelled “something like plastic burning,” he said.
“I called it in when I saw smoke starting to come out,” Davies said.
“It got to the point where I couldn’t breathe and had to go inside . . . They have a dog. I hope it’s OK.”
The household dog was out of the building as well at the time of the fire.
Davies said a couple who lived in the trailer have a young child. The couple was too upset to speak to the Advocate.
“They had a wood burning stove. It could have been that,” Taylor said.
The Canadian Red Cross in Red Deer is providing assistance to three adults and one infant affected by the fire,
Red Cross Personal Disaster Assistance team members met with the family Monday after the fire and are providing emergency food and accommodation for the next 72 hours as required, at no charge to the family.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
The fire investigation unit, the advanced life support ambulance crew, support units from emergency services as well as utilities were also on scene.
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