No injuries reported in mobile home structure fire Friday morning

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) -- The St. Joseph Fire Department is still investigating the cause of a structure fire that engulfed one mobile home at a trailer park near South 36th Street and Pickett Road Friday morning.

No injuries were reported in the fire according to Battalion Chief Mike Wacker. The fire occurred at a mobile home next to the St. Joseph Housing Authority and reportedly was occupied at the time.

Wacker told News-Press NOW a trailer was 'fully involved,' meaning the fire was not contained to a small area. A News-Press NOW reporter noticed what appeared to be fire damage to at least three surrounding structures several hours after the fire was extinguished.

The area was closed for more than an hour after 4 a.m. Friday due to the fire, which took firefighters several hours to extinguish.

Firefighters were called back out to the scene around 10:30 a.m. Friday to extinguish another small fire that reignited.

Wacker said a small fire had reportedly broken out at the same mobile home just the day before.

News-Press NOW will provide updates as they become available.