A woman died and four relatives were injured in an overnight fire in Lewisville.
It happened in the 600 block of Holfords Prairie Road in the Eagle Ridge Mobile Home Park, where neighbors are not the type to keep to themselves.
Most are friends or related, so news of the sudden, tragic death of a mother has shaken the entire community.
“They were a really lovely family, and the little girl’s such a sweet little girl,” said neighbor Aide Hernandez, in tears.
Hernandez lives across the street from the family of five who lived at the home, including the mother, father and his brother, the latter of which were bandmates.
It was the father whom Hernandez says she found frantic outside as his home burned early this morning.
“He said, ‘I lost my whole family,’” recalled Hernandez.
Lewisville firefighters say they were called to the home around 2:30 am
Chief Mark McNeal says they fought flames and rescued four people still inside, three in cardiac arrest.
“The three that we were doing CPR, we were actually able to resuscitate two of those,” said McNeal, who added that two remain in critical condition and a third person is stable.
McNeal says an adult in his 20’s was among those hospitalized.
The middle of the home is a shell of its former self. The front door is warped, the porch is collapsed, and heat from the flames melted the side of a neighbor’s home.
The fire’s cause is not yet known but McNeal says it’s being investigated as an accident.
His message: “Most important thing is to make sure you have working smoke detectors in your homes to give you early notice so you can get out,” said McNeal. “It doesn’t appear that they had working detectors at this time.”
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