Mary Thomas and her son Wayne are grateful to be alive. Their mobile home went up in flames and they lost everything.
“You never think that you’re going to be in a fire, thank God we got out, he got some burns on him trying to get out," said Mary. "But I’ll be okay,” said Wayne.
Wayne Thomas suffered burns to his left leg and right hand. His mom didn’t suffer any injuries. The fire happened around 12:30 this afternoon in the Venetian Park Estates and it was all captured on video by next door neighbor Alan Nelson. He’s the one who called 911.
“You could feel the heat off these flames, they were higher than the roof and you can see them coming out of the roof,” said Nelson.
Sarasota County Fire crews arrived on scene just minutes after the 911 call.