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    AZ Firefighters Face Exploding Ammo at Mobile Home Fire

    April 2, 2021
    "Crews worked around ammo popping from the mobile homes and sagging electrical lines," said the Surprise Fire Department about the call.

    Source Firehouse.com News

    Surprise, AZ, Fire Department
    Surprise, AZ, firefighters faced exploding ammunition while battling a fire that engulfed two unoccupied mobile homes early Friday.
    Surprise, AZ, firefighters faced exploding ammunition while battling a fire that engulfed two unoccupied mobile homes early Friday.

    Arizona firefighters faced exploding ammunition while working to put out two burning mobile homes early Friday.

    The fire involving a mobile home and a smaller structure broke out at around 4:45 a.m. in Surprise, according to the fire department. When firefighters reached the scene, they found flames fully engulfing two unoccupied mobile homes.

    Your Surprise firefighters along with @azfiremedical arrived on scene to find a fully involved mobile home fire with a...

    Posted by Surprise Fire-Medical Department on Friday, April 2, 2021

    "Crews worked around ammo popping from the mobile homes and sagging electrical lines," the department stated in an online update.

    Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire, and no one was injured in the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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