ROY, Utah — Two people are dead after a mobile home fire sparked in Roy on Thursday.
Neighbors told FOX 13 News on Thursday that the two victims are a mother and her adult son. They were later identified by officials as 71-year-old Janet J. Shaw and 46-year-old Johnathan P. Gunter.
The fire occurred within a unit at the Monte Vista Mobile Home Park just west of Ogden-Hinckley Airport. Two other homes nearby were evacuated due to the fire, but residents have since been allowed back inside.
Scott and Sylvia Wayment live nearby.
"We walked out, and the flames were just 25 feet in the air," Scott said. "There was like eight cops here, different cop cars and they run around the back of the house and, yeah, it was huge."
Chief Theron Williams with the Roy City Fire Department says they were dispatched, along with police and four other agencies to the mobile home fire, near 3800 S and 1900 W.
"Roy PD, when they arrived on the scene, they were told by the neighbors that there are potentially two individuals that were inside the mobile home and they tried to have rescue attempts made," said Chief Williams.
Video below shows mobile home fully engulfed in flames (Scott & Sylvia Wayment):
Sgt. Josh Taylor with the Roy City Police Department says the first officers on scene worked to remove the victims from the home.
"Two of the officers did sustain some injuries from breaking the glass," said Sgt. Taylor. "That was an attempt to get the people out of the home."
He says one of the officers was transported by another police car to an urgent care to be looked at and make sure everything was ok. Sgt. Taylor says all of the officers are okay.
The mother and her adult son died after being taken to the hospital, but their exact cause of death and their identities have not been released.
"She's just a sweet lady just, just as sweet as they come out of her way," Sylvia said of the woman killed in the fire. "Give the shirt off her back, great personality traits, good neighbor, great neighbor."
Sylvia said she had just seen the female victim on Wednesday.
"She was friendly to everyone, she'd walk around and wave, I just saw her yesterday waving at her down the street while she paid her rent," Sylvia said.
A tough and difficult situation for firefighters.
"These are really challenging situations for firefighters, the conditions, the fire itself, and then having homeowners, the conditions that they are in, having to be taken to the hospital like they were, it's difficult day for firefighters," said Chief Theron Williams.
As well as those who knew the victims lost in the fire.
"I think of all the good times we had in that house," Sylvia said.
"Hanging out, building stuff for her all the time, tables, entertainment centers, crocheting," Scott added.
The Wayment's went on to say this is a terrible loss.
Chief Williams says the cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office and other outside agencies.
