Fire destroys Columbia mobile home

Marsha Harrison takes photographs of the damage caused to her mother's Columbia mobile home after an electrical fire that originated in the clothes dryer on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the blaze.   ¦  Michelle Peltier

A fire that began with an electrical short in a clothes dryer destroyed a Columbia mobile home Wednesday. The owner of the home, Marie Crews, was able to escape safely after being awakened by a smoke alarm, as were her daughter, son-in-law and dog, Piper.