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PENTICTON WESTERN Western News Staff
A fire which gutted a double-wide trailer at Figueira’s Mobile Home Park Thursday afternoon has claimed the life of an elderly Penticton woman. Deputy fire chief Dave Spalding confirmed the death of the female, who is believed to have been home alone at Unit 18 of the seniors park when the fire began. “Unfortunately there is one fatality we don’t know who, we don’t know anything about that right now,” said Spalding as fire crews were still busy extinguishing the hot spots inside the structure. “She was discovered in the back of the trailer but I don’t know what kind of a room it is yet, I haven’t been in myself yet but it’s pretty heavily damaged. Shortly after their arrival just before 3 p.m. firefighters received information there was believed to be a person still inside the home. While they were able to gain entry, with flames still visible from the windows, when they located the woman she had already died. Initially six firefighters were on the scene which allowed them to go inside immediately. “Anytime we make entry it’s extremely dangerous to firefighters, that’s why we have to have two guys outside for their safety,” said Spalding. “We have two guys outside and two guys inside, if we can’t have that we can’t make en- BC AMBULANCE personnel check over firefighters as another paramedic helps family members of the victim of Thursday’s mobile home try but today we had six guys on so we could fire to a waiting car. Cause of the fire is still under investigation. Mark Brett/Western News make a sustained attack so they didn’t have to Alexander, who lives across the road from the pouring from the roof of the building and sunk in, fatalities are often difficult for emercome back out. “If you don’t have enough guys they have residence, said the victim’s husband returned called 911. Shortly afterwards flames burst gency responders as well. from the structure, almost completely engulf“It’s (loss of life) very tough on firefightto come back out and the fire continues to shortly after the fire began. “I believe she was home because he came ing it. ers, I mean our whole object is the preservaburn but today we were able to keep that fire “Unfortunately with mobile homes when tion of life,” he said. This is believed to be attack sustained and keep the fire knocked home and parked at my other neighbours down which means less damage and usually house because he could see the smoke,” said they do catch fire they burn so rapidly,” said the second fire-related fatality in the last Spalding. three months. A woman’s body was found in preservation of life but in this case unfortu- Alexander. “I understand she was not well. They had The victim’s husband later returned briefly a room at the Jubilee Motel Aug. 16. When nately that wasn’t the case.” tm with a man believed to be the couple’s son firefighters arrived the fire had already burned Cause of the fire and where it began are lived there for years and years.” Alexander had just come home herself and and walked by the still smoking trailer with out. At the time Spalding indicated smoker’s still under investigation. As a result of the death the RCMP and B.C. Coroners Services had gone to the front of her trailer to pick up the help of BC Ambulance paramedic and on material may have been the cause of the fire. mail. to a waiting car. According to Spalding, alAn exact cause of death has not been reare also involved in the case. AThewhole new dimension inthehearing technology That’s when she noticed the heavy smoke though the full impact of the fire had not yet leased. deputy chief and neighbour Gladys
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