Family members spent Friday evening sifting through what’s left of a mobile home in
The home caught fire around nine in the morning.
The woman who lives there was severely burned. A neighbor was also injured.
She’s identified by her family and boyfriend as 64-year-old Judy Rollins. Her family says her condition is very grim and that she suffered second and third degree burns over 90-percent of her body.
She was rescued from her home by a police officer and a citizen.
There isn’t much left of the mobile home where the fire started. Friday night, the family looked through the rubble for anything that could be salvaged.
Neighbors were still shaken.
“I don’t know why we didn’t burn here,” said Brenda, who lives next door. She woke up to the fire. “And I thought I heard screaming and I opened this little window here and I saw flames.”
The woman who lives in the burned mobile home barely made it out. She collapsed on the front porch.
“The officer risked his life and the civilian to rescue a citizen in
The home to the right was damaged by the fire. A man who lives there suffered minor injuries. He was taken to the hospital and has since been released.
The victim’s boyfriend said he’d left for work just 15 minutes before the fire was reported.
“I don't know how the fire started. She doesn't smoke,” said James Thomas, the victim’s boyfriend.
Investigators say it appears most of the damage occurred in the center of the home.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The woman’s cat perished in the fire. Her dog was found safe hiding under another mobile home.