Three dogs lost in fire

Courier photo by Keith R. Cerny Alamosa Fire Chief Bill Stone checks radio traffic as AFD firefighters battle a blaze on Monday that destroyed a manufactured home on Alamosa’s west side, killing three family dogs.

ALAMOSA – A manufactured home in the Town and Country Mobile Home Park on the west edge of town was a total loss Monday morning, taking three family dogs with it.

Devan Haynie, deputy chief with the Alamosa Fire Department (AFD), said the three human occupants of the home at the time of the fire were treated on scene by Alamosa EMS for smoke inhalation but were then released. No firefighters were injured.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Haynie said.

AFD responded with three trucks and 12 personnel with assistance from Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control with one truck and five personnel. Firefighters were on scene for about two hours.