TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Authorities have controlled a fire which broke out near the corner of South Kolb and East Golf Links Roads.
KGUN 9 On Your Side's has a team at the scene of South Calle Cordova and East Random Ridge Drive where a travel trailer appears to have broke out in flames.
The Tucson Fire Department, Tucson Police Department, Tucson Electric Power, Southwest Gas and City-Tucson Code of Enforcement are all at the location as well.
Eli Alacon, a neighbor, spoke with KGUN 9. His quick actions are partially why the house next door didn't completely burn down.
"I was just driving through the neighborhood with my dogs and then I saw the fire. I saw the big flames and I knew it just started," Alacon shared with KGUN 9. "So I was like, 'Somebody, someone is going to be in there. Somebody might need help. I might just be able to get someone out."'
That's when he jumped onto the roof of the neighboring home and started hosing the flames down.
"So, I took the hose and I just jumped onto the guy's property; and got on the roof of the house next door, and I was just trying to stop the fire, just to jump into the house next door because I knew that one house was "dunzo," I couldn't do anything with it," Alacon said. "So, I was more worried about that."
He tells KGUN 9 he kept up these efforts until firefighters got there.
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