Two left homeless after Clinton Township fire

MONTGOMERY – A man and a woman were left homeless by a fire that broke out in their double-wide modular home at 49 Clinton Drive just before 5 p.m. Monday, Clinton Township Fire Chief Todd Winder said.
There were no reports of injuries, he said. The owner, Charles Green, and the other occupant were not home at the time, Winder said.
Although there was smoke coming from the roof, there was no visible fire or smoke when firefighters entered the home, Winder said.
It is believed the fire started near the floor in the center of the modular and then quickly spread up the inside of a wall, Winder said Cpl. Nathan Birth, a state police fire marshal who
responded to the scene, told him.
“We were chasing the fire from one end of the home to the other,” Winder said. It took about 45 minutes to bring the fire under control, he added.
The American Red Cross was providing emergency assistance to the two fire victims. Green has fire insurance on the property.
The cause of the fire has been ruled accidental, Winder said.
Besides Clinton Township, volunteers from Montgomery, Washington Township, Muncy Area, Hughesville and Picture Rocks responded to the fire.