Beaumont Mobile Home Fire Kills 12-Year-Old, Routs Family Members
A 12-year-old Beaumont girl died Sunday in a blaze, started by an unattended candle, that engulfed the double-wide mobile home where she and family members were sleeping, authorities said.
Five people, including the yet-unidentified girl’s parents, relatives and family friends, escaped the 3:30 a.m. fire through windows and doors, according to the Riverside County Fire Department and Beaumont Police Department.
The home did not have a smoke detector, but the occupants were awakened by smoke and flames, fire officials said. One man suffered minor burns on the bottoms of his feet.
It took 19 firefighters about 30 minutes to battle the blaze, in the 1400 block of Cherry Avenue. The fire destroyed the home and a nearby vehicle and damaged two other mobile homes and another vehicle, at a total estimated cost of $180,000.
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