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Fire at Palm Springs mobile home park damages 5 mobile homes; one person hospitalized
A large fire that broke out at the Ramon Mobile Home Park in Palm Springs Saturday, July 19 damaged five homes and resulted in one being person being transported to a hospital, Palm Springs Fire said.
The fire at the mobile home park southwest of the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way was first reported around 3:20 p.m. The agency said the first firefighters arrived about five minutes later to find multiple mobile homes and palm trees fully engulfed in fire. The fire also produced a large plume of smoke that could be seen from miles around.
A press release issued by Palm Springs Fire Saturday night stated that "firefighters mounted an aggressive offensive attack, successfully containing the blaze and preventing further spread within the mobile home community." By 4:30 p.m., the fire appeared to be fully controlled.
The release stated that the person taken to hospital was also treated for smoke inhalation but did not elaborate further on their condition or if they were a resident of the mobile home park. The cause of the fire was still being investigated.
A bystander on the scene told a Desert Sun reporter everyone impacted made it out of the burning structures.
This article originally appeared on Palm Springs Desert Sun: Fire breaks out at Ramon Mobile Home Park in Palm Springs
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