MORAN — Dosha Walters has to laugh every now and then.
“Otherwise, I’d just cry,” she said.
Walters, her fiance, Preston Andres, and her 16-year-old son lost their home and all of their belongings in a mobile home fire in Moran Monday afternoon.
She was the only one home, and escaped injury.
The fire started in a rear bedroom beneath Walters’ bed.
“We think it was electrical,” Walters told the Register. “I heard a couple of loud pops, and then the carpet was on fire.”
“I tried to push the bed out of the way to throw some water on it, but it was spreading pretty quickly,” she said. “All I could do was run.”
She exited with the clothes on her back.
Moran volunteer firefighters were on the scene within minutes.
“I’d always heard trailer fires spread quickly. It did. They tried all they could, but the house was gone. We had a couple of animals they were able to save. I thank them for everything they did,” she said.
The home, on the side side of East Second Street, between Sycamore and Elm, was owned by Mike and Lori Holman. Neither Walters nor Andres had rental insurance.
“We’ve always just lived week to week,” Walters said. “We’ve had to start over before in our six years together, but never anything complete like this.”
The first order of business is finding a home. The family is staying in a motel until permanent housing can be found.
“We aren’t asking for donations yet, because we don’t have any place to put it,” Walters said.
Red Cross representatives have been in touch with the family for potential donations.
Walters said they are looking for a home in the Fort Scott area, where Andres works.
Fire destroys Moran home
