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Redding firefighters extinguished a fire that burned a fifth-wheel travel trailer in the Turtle Bay Mobile Home & RV Park off North Market Street on Friday morning.
The fire department received the call just before 11 a.m. Friday. The fire threatened nearby trailers before firefighters got the blaze under control within 10 minutes. It appears to have been an electrical malfunction, Assistant Fire Marshal Ryan Masterson said. Crews did a good job. They contained it to the rear of the trailer.
Masterson said the trailer s two occupants got out OK and there were no injuries to them or firefighters.
The Red Cross was being contacted to help the residents get a place to stay as the fire destroyed the trailer.
Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire at a Redding motel that sent one person to the hospital on Friday morning.
Redding Fire Department crews arrived at 4:45 a.m. at the Motel 6 on Hilltop Drive where they found a fire in one of the rooms, a report issued by Assistant Fire Marshal Ryan Masterson said.
Firefighters contained the fire and finished putting out the flames by 5:12 a.m., according to the report.
One person was taken to the hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation, and two dogs were found dead in the room. It s not clear if the fire killed the dogs.