Overnight Fire Destroys Tewksbury Mobile Home

Tewksbury firefighters responded to a fire at 187 Lakeview Ave. Wednesday night, working for two hours to put out a fire that engulfed a mobile home, according to Tewksbury Fire Deputy Chief Al Vasas.

The Tewksbury Fire Department received a call reporting the fire at approximately 9:45 p.m., and found flames completely consuming the trailer upon arrival at the scene, according to Vasas. 

Altough there were no injuries to firefighters reported, there were three to four oxygen tanks inside the trailer that exploded as a result of the fire which could have caused serious injury to firefighters, according to Vasas.

Vasas said the two residents of the mobile home were not inside the trailer at the time of the fire. 

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, and the fire inspector is at the site of the fire on Thursday, according to Vasas.