A mobile home fire that killed one man and injured another Thursday morning began when food was left unattended while cooking on an electric stove, the state fire marshal said Friday.
Juan Carlos Arias-Saragos, 20, was found dead inside a mobile home at 4250 E. 3000 North that went up in flames just before 8 a.m. Thursday.
Another man who was also in the home at the time escaped out of a back window, the Twin Falls County Sheriff’s Office said. Javier Vargas was flown to a hospital in Utah for smoke inhalation and minor cuts.
There did not appear to be a smoke detector in the home, Fire Marshal Knute Sandahl said.
“It’s troublesome the number of fires we’ve had where there has been no evidence of smoke detectors,” Sandahl said. “Quite honestly, the way fires rapidly grow and spread nowadays, (people) need precious seconds to get out.”
Sandahl said investigators did not know how or why the food was left unattended on the stove.