SALINA -The cause of Wednesday’s fatal mobile home fire remains under investigation.

Despite an extensive investigation, fire officials have not been able to definitively determine the cause of the fire that killed a 3-year-old boy and sent two other people to the hospital, according to Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams.

“We dug and dug and dug and just haven’t been able to figure it out,” he said.

Williams said it appeared the fire started in the front of the mobile home, but how is a question that has yet to be answered.

Just before 11:45 a.m., fire crews responded to the blaze in the 900 Block of North 13th Street.

Two mobile homes were fully engulfed in flames.

Firefighters located a 3-year-old boy in one home, according to Salina Fire Marshal Roger Williams.

The child was transported to Salina Regional Health Center where he died a short time later.

A 3-month-old infant was transported to Wichita by ambulance for treatment of smoke inhalation.

The children’s grandmother has been flown to Wichita for treatment of second and possible third degree burns over 40% of her body and a 5-year- old girl was also treated for minor injuries, according to Williams.
Williams said the mobile home was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived. That home was destroyed. The fire quickly spread to a second mobile, which was severely damaged.