Fire Alarm at Timber Ridge Mobile Home Park

Posted on 03/02/2022

On Wednesday, March 2, at 9:30 a.m., the Pleasant Prairie Fire & Rescue Department was alerted to smoke in a mobile home at Timber Ridge Mobile Home Park, 1817 104th Street, Lot 80. Units responded and found smoke showing from the primary door of the residence, and all occupants accounted for outside. Once inside the home, crews found an active fire inside a bedroom.
 
Fire & Rescue began accessing the fire, which extended into the ceiling, to extinguish the flame and get the fire under control. The fire was declared under control at 9:50 a.m., with overhaul operations continuing. At 10:08 a.m., Fire & Rescue crews reported the fire was completely extinguished. One minor civilian injury was noted but refused transport. 
 
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation, with origins located in a bedroom. Fire & Rescue units cleared the scene at 10:45 a.m. 
 
Pleasant Prairie was assisted by mutual-aid departments, including Beach Park (IL), Newport Fire District (IL), Winthrop Harbor (IL), and Zion Fire (IL). In addition, both Bristol (WI) and Salem Lakes Fire (WI) provided a change of quarters apparatus for normal daily call response.