Boy playing with lighter causes mobile-home fire
OLD FORT — A child playing with a lighter burned his family’s home to the ground Saturday, authorities said.
At 6:14 a.m., Old Fort firefighters arrived to find a singlewide mobile home on fire. The five occupants — a father, a mother and three children — were found outside. The father, Kevin Loftis Jr., had burns on his hand and arm, Chief Ron Richardson of the Old Fort Fire Department said.
The mother, Tonya Loftis, and the three children had smoke inhalation, the statement said.
Kevin told firefighters that he awoke to the smell of smoke and went to the other end of the mobile home, where he found his young son’s mattress on fire, the statement said. He escaped the residence with two boys, ages 5 and 4, and his wife got out with another small child.
The fire destroyed the home, leaving an ashy floor littered with melted belongings. A damage estimate has not been tallied.
Capt. Dudley Greene of the McDowell County Sheriff’s Office said that one of the youngsters was playing with a lighter and set the mattress on fire.
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