Vernal Express | 1978-04-13 | Page 15 | Fire Consumers Trailer Home

Fire consumes trailer home The mobile home belonging to Max Mott Lapoint highway was totally consumed by fire on Friday April 7 before firefighters from the Vernal area could extinguish it While the entire building was destroyed by the fire Max Mott the lone occupant at the time of the blaze was in the process of selling the home and had removed much of its contents Even so the estimate of damages to the structure and its contents amounted to The fire started around 9 am a.m. last Saturday when an unplugged electrical wire sparked off a cleaning solvent while Mott was cleaning tar from the side of the home Fifteen members of the Vernal Volunteer Fire Department responded to the blaze but since the building was completely engulfed in flames at the time of their arrival they could only watch helplessly as the building was entirely consumed in about twenty minutes Fire Department officials stated there were no injuries resulting from the fi fire e. e