2 sent to hospital as fire guts Grape Creek home

Photo by Jennifer Rios

Firefighters and and a fire investigator were at the scene of a blaze that destroyed a trailer home in Grape Creek on Saturday

Photo by Jennifer Rios

Grape Creek, Quail Valley and Carlsbad volunteer fire departments responded to a fire that destroyed a trailer house in Grape Creek on Saturday afternoon.

Photo by Jennifer Rios

Jennifer Rios/Standard-Times Grape Creek, Carlsbad and Quail Valley volunteer fire departments respond to a fire in the 8200 block of Mimosa Lane in Grape Creek that destroyed a trailer home and sent two people to the hospital.

A fire destroyed a trailer home in Grape Creek on Saturday afternoon.

No one was home at the time of the fire, said Tom Green County Sheriffs Deputy Rachelle Lacy, but a neighbor and a responding firefighter were taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke and heat issues.

The blaze was reported shortly after 3 p.m., and the house was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived, Lacy said.

Grape Creek, Quail Valley and Carlsbad volunteer fire departments responded to the scene in the 8200 block of Mimosa Drive.

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2 sent to hospital as fire guts Grape Creek home