Residents and park workers helped extinguish a mobile home fire this morning at Orcutt Ranch Estates on West Clark Avenue.

“I was talking to residents a few spaces down when we noticed the smoke engulfing the home, so we grabbed as many hoses as possible,” said park manager Jeremy Kemlo.

Kemlo, 31, is a former firefighter from Wisconsin, and has managed the park for the last eight years.

“We knocked in some of the windows, I soaked a rag and went inside to see if there was anyone in the residence, but it was clear,” Kemlo said. “My workers David and Kenny were just arriving and I told them to grab some hoses. Residents were eager to help out.”

Firefighters from Station 21 arrived at the mobile home at 355 W. Clark Ave. about 8 a.m. to find “heavy smoke pouring out of the windows,” said firefighter Damien Manuele.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation. There were no injuries reported.

Most of the damage was contained to the kitchen area, but the structure has major smoke damage, Manuele said.

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“I think we were lucky that we were standing outside and reacted quickly, because within another 10 minutes it would have been completely destroyed,” Kemlo said.