A Whetstone family of seven — five young children and two adults — lost everything in a massive fire Monday evening that drew emergency responders from multiple agencies.
Around 9:35 p.m. Whetstone Fire District units responded to 911 calls with reports of a residential fire on the 100 block of Via Papaya, just east of the fire station.
When firefighters arrived on scene a double-wide mobile home was 50 percent involved in a fast-moving blaze that had destroyed the family’s two vehicles. The fire was carried by heavy brush throughout the property. While nine people were treated by Sierra Vista Fire and Medical Services paramedics for smoke inhalation, no one was seriously injured.
“There were nine victims treated for smoke inhalation, seven from the house and two neighbors that were attempting to put the fire out with garden hoses,” said Whetstone Fire Chief Peter Bidon.