One person was injured on Monday afternoon when wind-whipped flames tore through the Islander Mobile Home Park on the west end of Woodward Avenue – burning four modular homes, destroying two vehicles, and charring 10 acres of nearby vegetation.

While the fire started within the boundaries of the Lathrop Manteca Fire District, the fire drew mutual aid from Manteca, Stockton, Ripon, Tracy, Farmington – with some crews responding to the fire itself and others backfilling engines that were on scene fighting the blaze.

“We have an area of origin and thus far the fire appears unintentional,” Lathrop Manteca Fire Chief Josh Capper said in a release about the incident – a statement that also noted that the district doesn’t specifically comment on fires that are under investigation.

The fire is believed to have started in one specific area and then spread to nearby structures – resulting in four modular homes that were destroyed by fire. With wind gusts reaching 50 miles per hour throughout the Central Valley on Monday, the combination of the wind and an abundance of fuel created the perfect situation for the flames to move rapidly across the rural property.

While the condition of the burn victim was not immediately known, according to those on scene the victim is believed to be a male with third degree burns to most of their body.

The Islander Mobile Home Park is past the southernmost entrance to the Oakwood Shores gated community where Woodward Avenue turns into Williamson Road.

Manteca Police closed down access to the general area at Woodward and McKinley Avenue to allow for an orderly evacuation and for quicker access of surrounding fire departments.

Much of the Islander Mobile Home Park was under water during the 1997 floods.

Also on Monday, power was knocked out to more than 2,000 PG&E customers in Manteca. Storm damaged power lines were all restored by 10:30 p.m. some four hours after electric service was interrupted.

Electricity was out the longest in the Powers Tract neighborhood east of Manteca. It also temporarily interrupted power to retail and restaurants in Spreckels Park.