A SANTA CRUZ MAN NARROWLY ESCAPED DEATH YESTERDAY WHEN HIS MOBILE HOME CAUGHT FIRE, AND THEN EXPLODED. THE MAN, WHOSE NAME HAS NOT BEEN DISCLOSED, WAS SLEEPING WHEN THE BLAZE STARTED AROUND 6 P.M. HE WAS AWOKEN BY A FIRE ALARM, AND HIS NEIGHBORS, WHO BEGAN BANGING ON HIS DOOR WHEN THEY SAW SMOKE CASCADING FROM THE MOBILE HOME. FIREFIGHTERS SAID THE MAN ESCAPED JUST IN TIME, AS IT EXPLODED SHORTLY AFTER HE EXITED HIS FLAMING RESIDENCE. THE FIRE IS THOUGHT TO HAVE STARTED IN THE KITCHEN, THOUGH THE CAUSE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
