Soon after darkness fell on December 29th, Sullivan Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire on Box Elder Road, which is a small residential area across from the site of the old Kellter Tower on Hwy 185 South.  Firefighters arrived to find a mobile home well involved and the trailer tightly closed up, appeared to be abandoned and they were having a lot of difficulty making access to it when I arrived and started taking photos. 

Fires 2019-1229 10037 Box Elder Road Mobile Home Fire

…what you cannot see in the photos above are the firefighters trying to make entry, because they are inside that heavy smoke cloud to the right of the fire….the next video shows why portable lighting was brought in soon after to light things up for the firefighters while they chopped holes in the exterior skin walls to gain entry to the fire….

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..they did eventually make it down to my end of the trailer, still trying to find a way to enter the trailer, and discovered the trailer still had electric power service.

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they were able to chop some holes in the thin walls of the trailer giving them some limited access to the fire raging inside, while other firefighters used a chainsaw to cut brush around the east end of the trailer and set up lighting. Both sets of crews here tonight, really got a good workout in…

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…rain was falling during the time they were fighting the fire and continued through the night as well. Firefighters were able to knock down the flames inside the trailer through the holes punched in the outside skin of the mobile home and bring the fire under control. I left the scene soon after this.