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Credit: San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service Lee County firefighters responded to a mobile home fire on Elwood Road, outside San Carlos Park west of U.S. 41. The mobile home fire was reported to first responders at around 4:30 a.m. on Friday. According to the San Carlos Fire Protection and Rescue Service, the home was engulfed by flames, forcing first responders to act quickly. The home’s only occupant was seen outside and unharmed. Crews extinguished the fire before

 An Orange County man was arrested Thursday, months after his 3-year-old son took a gun from a backpack and shot himself in the chest, according to sheriff’s officials. TS, 32, was taken into custody after the shooting, which happened on May 27, 2024. According to a charging affidavit, the boy took the gun from S’s backpack and shot himself, but the bullet did not strike any vital organs. The affidavit stated that the child was expected to make a full

The Florida Highway Patrol said on Thursday night it is investigating a crash that left one man dead and a teen seriously injured in Ormond Beach. The crash occurred on Granada Boulevard east of Shadow Crossings Blvd, Troopers say. The crash involved a 2021 Ford F-150 and a 2015 GMC Sierra. The man driving the Ford was pronounced dead on the scene. The driver of the GMC was a 16-year-old man from Ormond Beach who was transported to Halifax Medical

A Thursday night at a Fort Pierce Cemetery turned into chaos as a brush fire erupted into a raging inferno, engulfing a maintenance building. The St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) reported that at 9:08 PM, multiple fire units rushed to the scene near Kings Highway and US1, only to discover en route that the brush fire had escalated to a full-blown structure fire at Hillcrest Cemetary. Upon arrival, firefighters reported encountering a 50-foot by 30-foot maintenance building engulfed in

photo by: WEAR Crews put out a fire Friday morning at a home on Massachusetts Avenue in Escambia County. It broke out around 9:30 a.m. on the 2000-block. The fire was extinguished by 10:30 a.m. Multiple Escambia County Fire were called to the scene, as well as Escambia County deputies. The county says no one was at the home at the time of the fire. No one was injured. The occupants of the home will be displaces. The county says

photo by: (MCSO) A school bus was involved in a four-vehicle pileup Friday morning that is expected to cause delays in the area. In its post shortly after 8:30 p.m., the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reported no one was hurt in the crash, which happened at the Federal Highway and Village Road intersection, in Lake Park. A picture shared by the Sheriff’s Office showed the school bus at the head of a train of wrecked vehicles. Its statement did not provide

 Two detectives with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office were hospitalized overnight following a crash involving an 18-wheeler, authorities confirmed Friday morning. According to MDSO, the crash occurred around 11:36 p.m. Thursday at the intersection of Northwest 167th Street and 12th Avenue. Deputies said the detectives were heading north on 12th Avenue in an unmarked vehicle when they collided with an 18-wheeler that was traveling west on 167th Street. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue rushed to the scene and transported the detectives to Jackson

A Florida man was arrested Wednesday after an investigation revealed he raped a child “nearly every night” for over a month in 2024, a release states.  Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office arrested 41-year-old PJL Thursday.  When interviewed by detectives, the child victim told them that L raped her “nearly every night” from the middle of June 2024 to the end of July while she and her siblings were staying at his home in Dunnellon, Florida.  “She also stated

The Brief A man has been shot and killed inside a Winter Garden apartment complex located just south of Plant Street near 11th St., police said. Dispute over 4-wheeler led to shooting, police say What we know: The deadly shooting occurred on Thursday afternoon behind a residence on 1031 Horizon Street. Officers responded to the scene just before 4 p.m., where they found a man lying next to what they described as a “four-wheel motorcycle.” Medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. Investigators

 A vehicle fire on I-95 North in Palm Beach Gardens is blocking traffic on Friday morning. Florida 511 reported a vehicle fire just before exit 79A, for PGA Boulevard, at 7:40 a.m. In the latest update at 7:42 a.m. it was stated that the three right lanes had been blocked. No injuries have been reported at this time. Experiencing a car accident involving fire can be a traumatic and life-changing event. At Ovadia Law Group, we understand the unique challenges

photo by: Orlando Fire Department Two people were injured in a crash early Friday that had westbound lanes of State Road 408 shut down near downtown Orlando, according to Orlando firefighters. The crash happened before 6 a.m. near Rosalind Avenue. According to the Orlando Fire Department, two people were extricated in the crash involving two vehicles and taken to the hospital. The extent of their injuries was not released. A vehicle involved in the crash was removed from the roadway,

Two people were hurt in a crash that shut down all lanes on the MacArthur Causeway (Interstate 395) in both directions early Friday. It happened at around 12:30 a.m. on the causeway at Terminal Isle, Miami Beach police said. Two people involved in the crash were taken to Jackson Memorial Ryder Trauma Center by the Miami Beach Fire Department, police said. More details about what may have caused the collision were not immediately available. Video of the area at 5:30