Tucson Firefighters Battle Westside Mobile Home Fire, Five Displaced
When I first heard about the mobile home fire on Tucson’s westside, the detail that stayed with me wasn’t the smoke or the flames — it was the fact that five people suddenly had no home by the end of the afternoon. A fire like this doesn’t just burn a structure; it interrupts real lives in seconds.
The call for help came in at 3:51 p.m., and crews from the Tucson Fire Department were on the scene in about five minutes. By then, heavy smoke had already filled the area and the far end of the mobile home was burning hard. The people living inside didn’t wait for help — they got out fast, and that decision likely made all the difference.
It took until 5:18 p.m. to bring the fire fully under control. No one was hurt, which is something I’m genuinely relieved to say, but five residents are now displaced and depending on support from the American Red Cross to get through the next few days…