2 Fires Torch 5 Homes in Brevard County; 2 Hurt

  • Source: Central Florida News 13 (CFN13)
  • Published: 12/12/2018 03:52 PM

At least five homes have been damaged, and two people were hurt, after separate fires erupted in Brevard County on Wednesday. Fire in Cocoa damages 4 mobile homes; no one hurt Currently unclear what started the fire, officials say 2nd fire that broke out in West Cocoa injures adult, child The first fire, which broke out on Lake Drive, torched four mobile homes. At least one was destroyed. Only one of the mobile homes was occupied. According to Brevard County Fire Rescue, the four mobile homes were engulfed in flames in a matter of minutes. The fire started in one mobile home at about 1 p.m. and quickly jumped to others. "If it gets a good head start on us, it doesn't take any more than minutes to get fully involved," Assistant Fire Chief of Operations Scott Gold said. Rorie Mathews lives in one of the mobile homes consumed by the fire.



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