Fire destroys mobile home, pickup truck in Margaretta Township

MARGARETTA TWP. — A Margaretta Township family lost their home and vehicle to a fire early Wednesday morning.No one was injured in the fire, which gutted a mobile home in Greenfield Village Mobile Home Park, according to Margaretta fire Chief Tom Johnson. A male resident suffered mild smoke inhalation, Johnson said, but declined medical treatment.A man, woman and child were inside the home when the fire caught inside a dryer around 4:30 a.m. Johnson said the family was cleaning, including a load of laundry, when the fire broke out.The family evacuated the mobile home after they weren't able to control the fire with a fire extinguisher, Johnson said. By the time firefighters arrived on the scene, he said, the fire had reached about half of the home.The entire home had become engulfed before firefighters put it out. That process took about 15 minutes, Johnson said. He said the fire also spread to the family's pickup truck, parked nearby, which was similarly destroyed.The home was not insured, according to Johnson. He said first-responders connected the family with the American Red Cross.Sandusky, Perkins Township and Groton Township fire departments assisted in tackling the fire.Johnson said the fire marked the first structure fire that Margaretta firefighters have tackled this year. Firefighters handled seven last year.A fire destroyed a Greenfield Village mobile home early Wednesday morning. Photo provided by the Margaretta Township Fire Department.A fire destroyed a Greenfield Village mobile home early Wednesday morning, as seen in this photo provided by the Margaretta Township Fire Department.A fire destroyed a Greenfield Village mobile home early Wednesday morning, as seen in this photo provided by the Margaretta Township Fire Department.