Toddler killed, mother injured in NW Indiana mobile home fire

Thursday, August 20, 2020
NEW CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) -- A 2-year-old girl was killed in a fire at a mobile home park in Lake County, Indiana.

Her mother was also injured in the fire Thursday afternoon at the Ravinia Pines Mobile Home Park in the town of New Chicago.
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New Chicago Fire Department Chief Joe Eakins said when firefighters arrived, the home was engulfed in flames.

The girl's mother was found in a bedroom and airlifted to the hospital in very serious condition, Eakins said.
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Homes on both sides of the trailer were heavily damaged, Eakins said. The state fire marshall is investigating the fire.
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