Man dies in Fairview trailer fire


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FAIRVIEW, Sanpete County — Fire officials believe smoking next to an oxygen machine is to blame for a fatal trailer fire Thursday night.

About 8:30 p.m., Fairview fire crews were called to a small explosion and large fire at a camp trailer, 384 N. Milburn Road, said Fairview Fire Chief Robert Bingham. The fire is believed to have started by the lone occupant of the trailer smoking next to an oxygen machine, he said.

The fire also spread to an adjacent mobile home, causing an undetermined amount of damage.

The name of the man who died was not immediately released.

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Pat Reavy interned with KSL in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL or Deseret News since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.

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