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  • ALL THAT REMAINS of the mobile home that caught fire in the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The young family was able to escape uninjured; however their home was a total loss. Photo courtesy Menard VFD.
    ALL THAT REMAINS of the mobile home that caught fire in the early morning hours of Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The young family was able to escape uninjured; however their home was a total loss. Photo courtesy Menard VFD.

    An early morning call to a structure fire on Wednesday, February 1 resulted in the complete loss of an inhabited mobile home.

    Menard Volunteer Fire Department, EMS and Menard County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a structure fire at the northside mobile home park Mesquite Park #1 at 1:53 a.m. on February 1. Despite multiple agency efforts, the mobile home and its contents were a total loss. It was…