Eight people were hospitalized — some after jumping for their lives out of second-story windows — when their century-old home in Colton caught fire and flames quickly engulfed it Friday morning, Nov. 29. Three of the victims — a mother and two children — were critically injured, a relative, Emmanuel Flores, told KTLA 5. Flores said in a GoFundMe post that a 13-year-old nephew was burned over 25% of his body.  The home on East Ninth Street, across from City Hall, was destroyed in the fire, which was reported at 5:20 a.m. Flames also burned several vehicles and caused significant damage to a home next door, Colton fire Battalion Chief Tom DeBellis said.  The destroyed home was built in the early 1900s, DeBellis said, contributing to the rapid spread of the flames. Homes of that era were built without wood stops between studs in the walls that can limit the advancement of a fire, he said. “When a fire gets in there it just takes off like crazy,” DeBellis said. “It was blowing out of the windows and through the roof when we got there, and we’re right around the corner.” The fire’s cause was under investigation. Flores told KTLA that his brother was renovating the home: “He had just finished a floor, sanding the floor day and night on his knees.” The family lost everything but their lives, Flores said in the GoFundMe post. Related Articles Crime and Public Safety | Lawndale man says he’s a victim of bold $4,500 package delivery theft like one in OC Crime and Public Safety | $2.9 million in magic mushrooms found at Lake Elsinore home; man arrested Crime and Public Safety | Redlands youth church leader sentenced to 175 years to life for sexually abusing boys Crime and Public Safety | Man goes for ambulance ride in Moreno Valley — but as a thief, not a patient, authorities say Crime and Public Safety | California charges construction firm with felony wage theft at Cathedral City project