Space Heater Likely Source Of Fatal Mobile Home Blaze

A grandfather helped his 10-year-old granddaughter escape a burning home and handed her a 1-year-old grandchild with severe burns before succumbing to the heat and the smoke early Wednesday morning, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office said. The fire just outside Brookings claimed the lives of 3 people: Douglas Landers, 54; Kelly Landers, 52; and their 4-year-old granddaughter, Sheriff John Ward said. Ward said a Brookings Police Officer was the first person on scene of the fire, reported just before 4 a.m. The officer found the mobile home fully engulfed in flames.