CLEARLAKE OAKS, Calif. – A Clearlake Oaks man was injured Thursday when a fire broke out in his home.

Firefighters responded to the fire in the doublewide mobile home at about 11:30 a.m. Thursday, according to radio reports.

Northshore Fire Chief Jay Beristianos said the home was located on Henderson Drive, with the fire out by the time firefighters arrived thanks to neighbors using garden hoses to put it out.

He said the home's resident was cooking, left the room and came back to find something had caught fire on the stove.

The man tried to carry a pan outside and may have dropped something from the pan that caught a chair on fire, Beristianos said.

Beristianos said the man had burns on his hands and was taken to the hospital.

The home had moderate damage, mostly from smoke, Beristianos said.

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