ALLENDALE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A mobile home suffered extensive damage during a fire sparked by a fan that was helping to cool a bedroom.
The fire was reported just before 10:30 p.m. inside the Allendale Meadows mobile home community. When emergency responders arrived, the home on Sugar Loaf Avenue was already engulfed in flames.
WATCH: Video shows the damage after a mobile home fire
A sheriff's deputy from Ottawa County and two officers from Grand Valley State University rushed to pull people from neighboring homes, fearing the fire could spread to other buildings.
"I was woken up to somebody knocking on my door screaming my name to get out of my house," said Levi Florek, a neighbor to the burned out home. "I opened my door and my friend was there who'd been out for a walk. She had seen the fire next door and, um, had called 911, so we were pretty quick to get out of the house but the house next door was almost completely engulfed in flames by the time we got out of our house."
A FOX 17 crew saw several nearby homes had damage from the fire, including ones across the street. A number of vehicles were also damaged or destroyed.
Six fire departments stepped up to put the fire out. The homeowner told crews a faulty electric fan in the bedroom caught fire, with the flames getting out of control before they could do anything.
"The homeowner, she was outside apparently, is probably in shock, because she had plugged in a box fan I think is what happened and it had caused a spark," said Florek. "She had another elderly person that lived with her, I think he had some health issues, but neither of them were in the house, so yeah, they were trying to go back in to get cats out I think because they had some pets in there. I did see some cats outside, so I'm hoping they all made it."
WATCH: Neighbor describes mobile home fire in Allendale Township
The mobile home where the fire happened is considered a total loss.
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