Crime & Safety
1 Dead In South Hill Fire: Firefighters
The fire broke out in a mobile home north of Thun Field Tuesday afternoon.
PUYALLUP, WA - A 55-year-old man died Tuesday evening in a fire at a mobile home park in the South Hill area, according to firefighters.
The fire broke out around 5 p.m. at a mobile home along the 10400 block of 160th Street Court. Neighbors saw the smoke and flames coming from the home and found the owner sitting on a scooter outside and on fire.
The scene of the fire is near the intersection of 160th and Meridian Avenue. The mobile home park is right behind the South Hill Pierce County Sheriff station.
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Fatal Fire- Just before 5 p.m firefighters were dispatched to the 10400 block of 160th Street Court. A nearby neighbor called 911 to report smoke and flames coming from a trailer. Multiple neighbors found the 52-year-old victim on fire sitting on his scooter outside the home. pic.twitter.com/6ucPBjuuWC
— Pierce County Firefighters (@IAFF726) February 21, 2018
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