Fire officials across Ohio are backing a proposal by Gov. John Kasich to abolish the industry-controlled agency that regulates manufactured homes, saying the commission does too little to protect manufactured home residents from deadly fires. The Ohio Fire Chief’s Association last week sent a letter to Ohio lawmakers expressing support for a provision in the state budget that would do away with the Manufactured Homes Commission and fold its responsibilities into the Ohio Department of Commerce. The letter says 30 people died in 1,208 manufactured home fires between 2012 and 2016. It says Ohioans are 4.2 times more likely to die in a manufactured home that caught fire than one- or two-family home.