New Details: Smoking materials blamed for deadly mobile home fire
Yuma fire officials confirm oxygen caused blaze
EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been modified to reflect that YFD cannot confirm the type of smoking material responsible for the blaze.
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Yuma Fire Department (YFD) says a cigarette, or other type of smoking material, sparked the deadly blaze that killed one person this weekend.
The fire broke out around seven Sunday morning at an RV park at E. 32nd Street and Avenue 6E. YFD says a cigarette, other type of smoking material, came too close to an oxygen source and sparked the fire.
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Fire crews say they arrived to find the interior of the mobile home engulfed in smoke and flames. The trailer's lone occupant did not survive.
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) is investigating the fire since it involved a death.
Neither YFD, nor YPD, have released the victim's identity.
