ohn Bayley of Warren, employee of National Fire & Water Repair, boards up the adjacent mobile home that was damaged from the intense fire in the next door mobile home located in the Valley Mobile Home Park in the 5900 block of Youngstown Hubbard Road Staff photo/ R. Michael Semple

HUBBARD TOWNSHIP — A deadly fire swept through a residence in the Valley Mobile Home Park on Wednesday, killing a woman trapped inside.

Neighbors said she was screaming to get out, but they tried and could not get to her.

Firefighters from Liberty Township, Eagle Joint Fire District and Brookfield Fire Department worked to put out the blaze shortly after noon.

Eagle Joint Fire District Chief Ron Stanish said the mobile home was engulfed when safety forces arrived. The major flames were put out within minutes, he said. The cause is under investigation, but Stanish said it could be electrical.

Neighbor Donny Pee said he was in his next-door residence when he heard commotion outside.

“I heard a lot of yelling so I looked out the window and saw smoke,” Pee said. “It all happened so quick.”

Neighbors said it took only a short time for the mobile home to go up in flames.

Taylor Perl and her father, Shawn, also neighbors, said they were the first to discover the fire. They said the victim is a woman who is 48 years old.

Taylor said she was on FaceTime with her mother, who lives elsewhere. Her mother wanted to see the snow and when Taylor went outside, she saw the fire.

“I saw smoke pouring out so I ran back inside, called 911 and my dad and I went over to help,” Taylor said. “We could hear her screaming, but we couldn’t get to her.”

By that time, the fire was already out of control, Perl explained.

Neighbors said the victim, who was not identified by authorities Wednesday, was well liked and had lived there for more than 30 years.

“She would always wave to everybody. She kept to herself a lot and never really bothered anybody,” Pee said.

The neighbors said it’s a tragedy.

“Everybody kept knocking on the door and doing what they could to try to get inside,” Shawn Perl said.

Stephen Yount, who also lives next door, was at work when he got a call about the fire. He said he sped home immediately to make sure the animals that live in his house were OK.

“It’s sad. I didn’t care so much about my house. Things can be replaced but lives can’t,” Yount said.

Yount’s house was also affected by heat. One side of his residence was scorched, but there wasn’t too much damage on the inside.

Stanish estimates the damages at Yount’s place to be approximately $10,000.

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