Five people, including an infant, were treated at a local hospital for what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries resulting from mobile home fires in two communities Monday night and this morning.

The first, in Lebanon, was reported just before 8 p.m. Monday. Lebanon Fire Department Deputy Chief Eric Neubert said there was fire showing through the roof of the single wide mobile home, at 249 Carl Broggi Highway, when the first firefighters arrived within a couple of minutes of it being reported.

A man living at the home and an infant were taken to the Sanford campus of Southern Maine Health Care. Neubert said it is his understanding that injuries are minor and that the child was taken to hospital as a precautionary measure. As well, a Sanford firefighter was transported for a medical issue and was later released.

The mobile home is a total loss. It was located behind Train’s Tavern and is owned by Paul Pelletier, who owns the tavern. Neubert said the mobile home was insured, but didn’t know whether the renters, the Giberti family, had insurance. He said the American Red Cross is helping the family.

Cause of the fire is under investigation, but Neubert said it is not considered suspicious.

In Waterboro, Fire Chief Matt Bors said Deborah Cormier and Todd LaCourse were both taken to hospital with injuries as a result of a mobile home fire at 175 Lake Sherburne Road that was reported just before 4 a.m. today. 

LaCourse and Cormier were able to get outside, but Bors said LaCourse went back inside the burning mobile home to try and save a pet and sustained burns to his hands before leaving the home a second time. Bors said the mobile home was fully involved with fire when crews from Waterboro, Alfred Shapleigh and Ross Corner Fire Company arrived.

“Its a total loss,” said Bors of the mobile home. The fire is under investigation, and this morning Bors was awaiting the arrival of an investigator with the State Fire Marshal’s Office. He said because of the extent of the damage, a cause may not be able to be determined.

Firefighters were able to leave the scene at about 6:20 a.m.

— Senior Staff Writer Tammy Wells can be contacted at 324-4444 (local call in Sanford) or 282-1535, ext. 327 or twells@journaltribune.com.