No one was injured.
Smoke could be seen more than a mile away from Highland Village mobile home park as firefighters quickly contained the blaze, though not before the home was all but destroyed.
The wooden beams were all that was left of the inside walls and large portions of the external siding were burnt or melted.
Fire officials called the single-wide trailer a total loss.
While firefighter weren't able to save the house, Lt. David Laviner credited a timely response with keeping the fire from spreading to a nearby trailer 20 feet away.
As much as a minute delay could have cost the building, according to Laviner.
"Mobile homes just burn so rapidly," Laviner said.
The buildings proximity to other residences wasn't the only concern of fire fighters, howeber. Sitting about 30 feet behind the home was a pile of flammable debris made up mainly of old boards, insulation and furniture.
If that had caught fire, many other homes in the mobile home park would have been in danger, Laviner said.
The cause of the fire is as of yet unknown and under investigation by Laurinburg fire officials.
Sometime during the day, power was cut off to the home and then restored. Shortly after power was restored, the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen.
The Scotland County chapter of the American Red Cross also responded to the fire, providing emergency food and clothing to two children and a parent, according to Carol Ann Lentz, executive director for the county chapter.
The Red Cross also provided the family with a motel room for the night, Lentz said.
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