WHITE PLAINS — A single-wide mobile home on Old Hwy. 601 in White Plains which was destroyed by a fire last month was the scene of a second fire Tuesday night.

Mark Heath, the fire chief of the White Plains Volunteer Fire Department, said firefighters spent about three hours putting out the fire which started at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Heath said the cause of the second fire involving the mobile home is still under investigation, and that investigators are working to determine how Tuesday’s fire started on the property, which was nearly burnt up after the first incident in January.

This week’s fire included damage to a shed behind the mobile home. Heath said the shed and its contents were destroyed.

After the initial fire on Jan. 15, Wanda Shockley and three other occupants at the 2352 Old Hwy. 601 residence were displaced. Shockley and a teenage resident, who were at home at the time of the January fire, escaped. The other two residents, one a teen, and one in the early 20s, were not in the house at the time.

Surry County Fire Investigator Jason Burkholder said the January fire started when the wood stove overheated the wall behind it and then the fire spread from throughout the structure, which had several rooms added to it throughout the years.

The four residents had lost the majority of their belongs, including clothing and had no insurance. They were assisted by the American Red Cross Surry County Chapter and family members.

The family has not been living at the mobile home since the initial fire.

White Plains, Central Surry and Ararat volunteer fire departments responded to the fire Tuesday night. Heath said that one firefighter from Central Surry VFD was treated for an eye injury at the scene, but was not transported to a medical facility.

Contact Erin C. Perkins at eperkins@mtairynews.com or 719-1952.