By Randi Rossman
The Press Democrat
SANTA ROSA, Calif. — A couple and their young son died early Monday morning when fire swept through a home at Briarwood Mobile Home Park in Cloverdale.
At least one neighbor reported hearing a noise “like a bomb going off” shortly before the fire was reported at 1:44 a.m. Charles Baynes, 33, his wife Paula Baynes, 33, and their 4-year-old son, Philip, died in the fire, Cloverdale police said. A fourth resident, Charles Baynes’ mother, Connie Welch, was in Lake County visiting a daughter, neighbors said.
“It appears to be accidental in nature, we’re just waiting to confirm,” said Battalion Chief Rick Blackmon with Cloverdale Fire.
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