The cause of a fire that destroyed a mobile home in Davidson last Tuesday morning is under investigation.
A fire scene investigator from the Office of the Fire Commissioner along with Craik RCMP were looking through what remained of the McGregor Street house trailer on Wednesday, Jan. 15.
“Cause of the fire is currently under investigation,” said Const. Kevin Morrissette of the Craik RCMP detachment.
At about 10:15 a.m. on Jan. 14, Davidson’s volunteer fire department was dispatched to the fire at 309 McGregor St.
No one was home at the time, said fire chief Clayton Schilling, nor were any pets in the structure.
Schilling said the trailer was destroyed. Firefighters sprayed water into the building through a hole in the roof. As well, firefighters ripped down all the ceilings in the building as well as pulling up some of the floor so they could get all the hot spots out.
The Davidson department had 10 firefighters at the scene and they were finished by about 1 p.m.
Outside the trailer, mobility aids, including a wheelchair and a motorized scooter were parked on a deck. A wheeled walker remained at the end of the empty driveway.
A neighbour said he saw the man who lived in the mobile home leave at about eight o’clock that morning.
The man who lived in the trailer is Michael Shumka and he is likely homeless now. He bought the structure in the fall of 2013. Acquaintances of the man said he’d previously lived in an apartment on Washington Avenue in Davidson and had two large dogs. Shumka, who arrived in Davidson a year or two ago, was new to town, having previously lived in Swift Current.