Minor burned in blaze at mobile home park in Banning
City News Service
BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) – A teenager was seriously injured in a fire that was quickly stopped in a Beaumont mobile home park, authorities said today.
The blaze was reported shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 1400 block of East Sixth Street, near Xenia Avenue, just north of Interstate 10, according to the Riverside County Fire Department.
The agency said multiple engine crews were sent to the location and found no active fires, but located “one juvenile suffering from burn injuries.”
The victim, whose identity was not disclosed, including gender, was immediately transported to a regional trauma center for treatment of significant burns.
The patient’s status could not be confirmed Wednesday.
The blaze had been inside of one of the trailers, but there was reportedly no structural damage.
Fire and police personnel were investigating the matter.