The blaze has left the family homeless, although the American Red Cross was working with the family to find temporary lodging. He noted that personnel from Sheridan and Olivehurst also responded to the park located along Highway 65. Between the four departments, there were a dozen firefighters on hand, taking about a half hour to put out the flames. Although it was breezy Thursday morning, Beilby said the wind did not cause the fire to spread to both trailers. They are located across from each other at the end of the trailer park at 1763 Highway 65, just south of Wheatland.
Residents believe the mobile home park fires had an electrical origin.
Bill Ferguson, a resident who oversees the park for an absentee owner, said the five mobile homes at the end of the park lost power for several hours Wednesday due to winds. A Pacific Gas and Electric Company crew responded to the outage Wednesday, clipped trees around the incoming line and re-established electrical service to the north part of the park that experienced the outage. Ferguson said he got the same voltage reading at several other mobile homes as well on that end of the park. Albert Carrico said he was awakened to the fire in his trailer in Space 14 by his Yankee terrier. Carrico said he has lost his sense of smell in recent years, so he was glad about being alerted by his pet.