I heard the fire trucks that responded to this fire (about 6 blocks away)..
So sad.. and not the only one this winter, I'm sure...
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10:00 PM PST on Sunday, December 2, 2007
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_S_fire03.2fe64c6.htmlBy SARAH BURGE
The Press-Enterprise
MORENO VALLEY - Two women died early Sunday and one man escaped with injuries in a fire that consumed a Moreno Valley mobile home, authorities said. Neighbors said all three were deaf and had connections to the California School for the Deaf in Riverside. Both women who died were residents of the mobile home, a coroner's news release said. One of the women was 21 years old, the release said, but further details were withheld pending notification of their next of kin.
The fire was reported about 5:30 a.m. at the Sky Trails Mobile Village on Perris Boulevard, a Riverside County Fire Department news release said. Firefighters arrived to find the mobile home engulfed in flames. Two sheds and a second mobile home were also damaged. Fire spokeswoman Jody Hagemann said a
candle being used for light and heat touched off the blaze. On Sunday afternoon, the pages of a Bible, charred at the edges, were one of few recognizable items in the burned-out shell of the home.
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Hall said a married couple had lived there for about two years. They were both deaf and were in their 20s, he said. The wife and a female friend died in the fire, he said, but the husband escaped with burns to his feet.
None of the neighbors knew them very well, he said, because it was difficult to communicate with them. Hall was the one who said they were in some way affiliated with the California School for the Deaf.
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Riddle said she awoke early Sunday to a bright light and immediately realized it was a fire. She grabbed her purse and rushed outside where she saw one of the residents had escaped the flames. He was gesturing for her to call 911, she said. Riddle said she called for help then grabbed a garden hose but it was already too late. Another neighbor, Mary Smith, said the couple was recently married. She said they had a cat and several Chihuahuas, which also perished in the blaze.