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Photo by: WEAR One firefighter was transported to a local hospital with injuries and two people were displaced after Escambia County Fire Rescue responded to a fire at Aqua Porta Apartments on Saturday. The fire took place around 9 a.m. at the 12000 block of Airblanc Drive. Smoke and flames were visible upon, arrival according to the Escambia Fire Rescue. The fire was out by 10:01 a.m., but two apartments were impacted. The State Fire Marshal was notified, but a

A 35-year-old Fairhope man has died after a single-vehicle crash occurred at around 1:10 a.m. on Saturday. Andrew Harrison was fatally injured when the motorcycle he was operating left the roadway and struck a ditch. Harrison was thrown from the motorcycle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. Harrison was attempting to elude a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Deputy at the time of the crash. The crash occurred on Baldwin County 9, approximately five miles east of Fairhope. Troopers with the

A man is dead after striking another driver making a U-turn on a Pasco County road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. On Friday afternoon, a 53-year-old Wesley Chapel man in a Nissan Rogue was heading west on State Road 54. At the same time, a 49-year-old Sneads man riding a Yahama YZF-R3 motorcycle was heading east on the same road. FHP said the motorcyclist struck the the Nissan Rogue as the driver made a U-turn right in front of

Three people were transported to the hospital after a multiple-vehicle crash was reported in Orlando, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Troopers said the crash involved three different vehicles that were driving on Deerfield Boulevard. In one of the vehicles was a 44-year-old man from Arizona, in the second vehicle was a 30-year-old from Orlando, and in the third vehicle was a 27-year-old woman from Atlanta. Troopers said the three individuals were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The

Photo by: News4JAX Four units were destroyed in a fire at an apartment complex on Jacksonville’s Southside Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. According to JFRD, a dog died in the fire and another one is unaccounted for. JFRD said around 9:30 a.m., they received a call about a fire at the Bentley Green Apartments on Princeton Square Boulevard East off Baymeadows. “This is not a way that a lot of fathers want to spend their

A road rage incident led to a suspected drunk driver fleeing from a crash and punching a maintenance worker, according to an arrest report. The Cape Coral Police Department responded to a hit-and-run scene last Sunday after they received a call about a white pick-up truck crashing into another car and fleeing, and another call about that same truck with its front tire blown out, speeding through a residential area. A witness flagged down police and told them the driver

Photo by:  Martin County Fire Rescue  A tornado swept through the community of Hobe Sound late Wednesday morning, cutting a path of damage that mainly stretched along Bridge Road, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed. The agency rated the twister as an EF-1, meaning it was spinning up windspeeds as high as 85-95 miles per hour. The tornado touched down around 10:40 a.m. west of U.S. 1, NWS reported. It headed east along Bridge Road before hopping the St. Lucie River

Photo by: Local10 Scattered showers continued Friday and Saturday after three days of heavy rainfall flooded some areas of Miami-Dade and Broward counties Seville Mobile Home Park residents couldn’t leave their homes on Friday. Alina Provenza said she missed work and a doctor’s appointment to avoid standing water. “All this completely fell apart,” Provenza told Local 10 News Reporter Andrew Perez in Spanish on Friday. The National Weather Center extended a flood watch for coastal areas in Miami-Dade and Broward counties

One person has died after a boating accident in Sarasota Bay on Friday evening. The incident occurred near Longboat Key in Manatee County around 6:30 p.m., when a vessel traveling on the Intracoastal Waterway struck a channel marker. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC), Longboat Police Department, Manatee County Fire Rescue, and the U.S. Coast Guard all responded to the scene. Seven people were on board at the time of the crash. Two of the passengers were transported to

Photo by:  Hernando County Fire Rescue According to Hernando County Fire Rescue, firefighters rescued a driver trapped inside a car submerged in a canal on Saturday night. HCFR says they were sent to Shoal Line Blvd near Lentini Lane in Hernando Beach around 9 p.m. According to authorities, firefighter immediately went in the water to rescue the lone occupant of the vehicle and brought them to shore. First responders gave the driver CPR and started Advanced Cardiac Life Support procedures. The driver regained

Photo by: Hernando County Fire Rescue Hernando County Fire Rescue battled a fire that tore through a pole barn Sunday night in the 8000 block of Indian Trail Road in Weeki Wachee. Officials say the structure was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived around 9:30 p.m. Firefighters were able to control the fire within 30 minutes, according to fire rescue, with no injuries reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Comprehensive Legal Assistance for Fire Accident Claims Fire accidents

A 36-year-old Homosassa man died after being hit by a truck on Saturday night, according to officials. The Florida Highway Patrol says a Dodge Ram being driven by a 75-year-old Lecanto man was headed east on CR-490, approaching South Lantana Way, just before 12 a.m. Authorities say the Homosassa man was walking a Lectric bike across the highway when he entered the path of the truck. According to troopers, the pedestrian was hit and killed. Expert Legal Support for Pedestrian Accident