A MOTOR HOME FIRE THIS AFTERNOON NEARLY BURNS A NEIGHBORING HOME.

CREWS FROM CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AUTHORITY AND PRESCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT (PFD) WERE DISPATCHED TO A REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE WITHIN THE 800 BLOCK OF SOUTH STATE ROUTE 89 IN CHINO VALLEY.

ENGINE CREWS ARRIVED ON SCENE TO FIND A FULLY INVOLVED MOTOR HOME WITH FLAME IMPINGEMENT TO A NEIGHBORING HOUSE. FIRST-ARRIVING FIREFIGHTERS IMMEDIATELY EVACUATED EIGHT OCCUPANTS. DUE TO RAPID FIRE RESPONSE, COOPERATION, AND IMMEDIATE ACTION, THE HOME WAS SAVED.

THOUGH THE FLAMES BURNED THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOUSE, THE INSIDE SUSTAINED ONLY MINIMAL DAMAGE. ONE PATIENT, SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION, WAS TREATED ON SCENE BY PRIORITY AMBULANCE.

THIS FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. CAFMA THANKS THE PRESCOTT FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHINO VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHINO VALLEY ANIMAL CONTROL, AND APS FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE.