Discarded cigarettes cause of fire in mobile home

Discarded cigarettes in an ash tray in the bathroom is what investigators say caused a mobile home fire off Stone Street Extension Monday afternoon.
Timothy McKinnan was asleep Monday afternoon and woke up to the smell of smoke at about 12:52 p.m., said Jesse Gwynn, a fire inspector with the Alamance County Fire Marshal’s office.
McKinnan was able to get out of the trailer, located in a mobile home park off of Stone Street Extension in Haw River, but he was taken to Alamance Regional Medical Center for smoke inhalation, Gwynn said. McKinnan’s condition wasn’t immediately known.
When firefighters with Haw River and Mebane fire departments responded to the call, there was smoke and fire coming out of the bathroom window. The flames were contained to the bathroom and hallway, but there was heavy smoke damage to the trailer, Gwynn said.
The American Red Cross of Alamance and Caswell counties was called to provide emergency assistance to McKinnan.