AFTON – Area fire departments responded to two residential fires that occurred late Thursday night and early Friday morning, that were only a few hours apart.

Afton Fire Chief Blaine Reiling said crews responded to a trailer fire at about 11 p.m. Thursday, along County Road 17. Crews left the scene of that fire at about 2:30 a.m. and were called back out to another home fire on Algerine Street at about 5 a.m. Friday.

The first fire at 174 on County Route 17 severely damaged a mobile home and left two of the occupants with minor injuries.

When the first fire crews arrived Reiling said a room in the home was engulfed in flames. He said the room and its contents were destroyed and the damage from the fire would likely make the rest of the home unlivable.

The Coventry Fire Department was one of the first ones on the scene and, “They were the ones to put water on it first,” said Reiling. He said volunteers were on scene about 10 to 15 minutes after a 911 call was made.