No injuries reported after trailer home catches fire
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WELLTON, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - Wellton firefighters investigate a fire that broke out in a trailer home early Thursday morning.
The Wellton Fire Department (WFD) says it received reports of a residential fire just after 1 a.m. at the 28300 block of County 11th Street.
At the scene, fire crews say they saw flames coming out from underneath the trailer. Thankfully, firefighters quickly extinguished it before it spread up to the house or other homes.
WFD says no one was injured and continue to investigate what sparked the fire.
Battalion Chief David Rodriguez said the crash happened at approximately 1:09 p.m., on Interstate 8.
The crash was reported by a caller who told firefighters that the motorhome had gone off the freeway in the area of milepost 22 and down into a gully.
The caller also stated that there were two people trapped inside the motorhome, and that it had overturned onto its side.
Rodriguez said by the time firefighters arrived on scene, DPS troopers had already pulled one of the trapped individuals from the motorhome. That person was later transported to Yuma Regional Medical Center by Rural/Metro ambulance.
Wellton firefighters had to extricate the person from the motorhome. Once freed, the person was transported by Tri-Valley ambulance to a nearby landing zone, where they were flown by helicopter to Abrazo West hospital in the Phoenix area.