The News-Press: Local & State
SATSUMA -- A man and his wife, and two of their children died in a mobile home fire in Putnam County overnight.
The fire happened on Oklahoma Avenue in Satsuma, just south of Palatka.
Relatives identified the victims as Keith and Roxanne Comer, and their children, Keith Comer Jr.,3, and Ryan Blackwelder, 10.
Weston Weeks, 10, is being treated for second-degree burns to his face and arm. Two others are being treated for smoke inhalation at the Putnam County Medical Center, and two are hospitalized in good condition at Shands Gainesville.
Fire investigators say ten people from two families lived at the home. Kelsey Comer, 5, managed to escape unharmed when the fire started just after 2 a.m.
Firefighters say Keith Comer saved children by throwing them out the window of the burning home before collapsing in the fire.
"They found him by the window with the baby in his arms," said Frances Maynard.
It took fire crews more than two hours to get a handle on the fire. They say an additional roof built on top of the roof of the mobile home is just one of the reasons it took firefighters so long to get to the blaze.
