PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Family members of a woman killed in a mobile home fire are raising questions about a nearby fire hydrant that was out of service at the time of the blaze.
The fire happened on May 20 near 39th Avenue and Van Buren Street in west Phoenix. Firefighters pulled Cathy Dillon from the trailer, but the 69-year-old died at the hospital.
Fire started during grinding work
Sylvia Apodaca, Dillon’s sister, said Dillon’s husband was using a grinder outside when the fire started around 8 p.m.
“It caught and it went up and some propane tanks that were near the trailer blew, paint cans that were near there,” Apodaca said…