He was treated at UnityPoint Health — Trinity Regional Medical Center and was released. He was not identified by firefighters.

A second person who was in the home at 1338 Third Ave. N.W., Lot 73, escaped unharmed. A cat died in the fire.

The blaze sent flames shooting out of the north side of the trailer. Some siding on the trailer to the north was melted.

A section of Third Avenue Northwest was closed to traffic while firefighters worked at the scene.

-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
Steaming debris, including ruined furniture, lays in the snow next to a gaping hole in the wall of a trailer home that was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The fire at 1338 Third Ave. N.W. was reported at 9 a.m.

The fire was reported at 9 a.m.

Fire Chief Steve Hergenreter said the blaze started while the man was trying to thaw out frozen pipes. Some combustible material near the pipes ignited, he said.

Wind fanned the flames, he added.

”The wind was pushing it right into and through the trailer,” he said.

When firefighters arrived, flames were coming out of the north side of the trailer. There is heavy fire damage throughout the structure, according to Hergenreter.

-Messenger photo by Bill Shea
A Fort Dodge fire engine is parked near a trailer home at 1338 Third Ave. N.W. that was destroyed by flames Thursday morning.

Two hoselines were used to extinguish the fire. Six off-duty firefighters were called in to help.

The fire left a gaping hole in the north wall of the trailer, which is located at the south end of the Palace Park Mobile Home Community.

The American Red Cross was called to help the residents with temporary housing.

Firefighters and police were on scene until 11:30 a.m.

-Submitted photo
Fort Dodge Firefighter Bryce Hamilton prepares to take a hoseline into a burning trailer at 1338 Third Ave. N.W. Thursday morning.