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TUCSON- An elderly couple was displaced from a mobile home fire in the Friendly Village mobile home park near North Oracle Road and West River Road Saturday.

Northwest Fire spokesman Adam Goldberg said a double-wide trailer was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived.

Goldberg said the fire was an accident, caused by an electrical short.

It caused $40,000 in damages.

Goldberg said a Chihuahua, a cat and a bird died in the fire.

But another cat and dog survived.

The Red Cross is helping the couple.

Tucson Fire Department and Golder Ranch Fire also responded to this incident.