Woman sent to hospital after escaping fire that destroyed Santa Rosa mobile home

One person was hospitalized after escaping a Tuesday morning fire that destroyed their mobile home in Santa Rosa, fire officials said.

The Santa Rosa Fire Department was dispatched about 6:55 a.m. after the uncle of one of the residents called 911 and reported flames and a column of smoke coming out of the top of the mobile home in the 2300 block of Squire Lane.

He said he thought someone was still in the home, Division Chief Jack Thomas said in a news release.

Firefighters arrived in under two minutes and saw heavy flames coming from the front door of the unit and flames coming from an air conditioning unit in the roof, said Santa Rosa Division Chief Fire Marshal Paul Lowenthal.

Thirty firefighters from four engines and two ladder trucks worked to put out the flames, which were potentially extending to other homes, and search for anyone in the mobile home.

Crews found a woman in the backyard. She said she got out of the home through a side door as the fire grew, Thomas said.

The woman was evaluated and taken to Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation, Lowenthal said.

There were no other reported injuries.

Crews got the fire under control about 7:20 a.m. They stayed on scene for about 90 minutes doing “extensive overhaul” and investigating the cause of the blaze.

Sherry Pfeil, an on-site manager for the trailer park, said she believed two people lived in the unit.

The uncle, Thomas Hayes, told The Press Democrat his nephew, who lives in the mobile home, was at work at the time of the fire.

Hayes said he had picked up some gasoline and was going to drop it off at his nephew’s home when he saw the flames.

Pfeil said the fire did not spread to other units, though one resident saw fire coming from the mobile home’s air conditioning unit and tried putting out the flames with a hose.

“We are happy it didn’t spread to anybody around them and that it was so quickly contained by the fire department,” said Pfeil, who works for Harmony Communities, which owns and operates housing communities.

Fire investigators are working to determine the origin and cause of the fire, Lowenthal said.

The mobile home, which was determined to be uninhabitable, sustained an estimated $125,000 in damage. One of the residents is working with the Red Cross to find temporary housing.

Sonoma County Fire District aided at the scene.

You can reach Staff Writer Madison Smalstig at madison.smalstig@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @madi.smals.