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Photo by: Deland Fire Department Smoke and flames were visible from DeLand VFW building as the city’s Fire Department arrived to a late night fire on Friday. According to a post on the DeLand Fire Department’s Facebook site, firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the roof and eaves of the building on South Alabama Avenue when they arrived. The DeLand fire crews, assisted by Volusia County Fire Rescue, quickly cleared the building to make sure no one was inside.  The

A man visiting family in Florida was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Polk County Sunday night, officials said. The crash happened shortly before 10 p.m. on 10th Street North, just east of Wabash Avenue in Lakeland. Deputies said the man, who was visiting family from Alabama, was hit by a 2010 to 2014 silver Dodge Caravan or Chrysler Town & Country Van  The vehicle would have been traveling east on 10th Street when it struck the victim from behind

Crashes on both the 18 Mile Stretch of U.S.1 and Card Sound Road backed up all traffic heading into the Florida Keys for hours Friday morning into the afternoon. The crash on the 18 Mile Stretch involved an overturned septic tank truck that was leaking fuel, said Detective Angel Rodriguez, a Miami-Dade County police spokesman. It crashed at mile marker 116, which is on the Miami-Dade County end of the highway. The crash on Card Sound Road happened at the

Photo by: wsvn In the golfing world, the term “hazard” means obstacles, like a bunker or lake that makes shots more difficult. But residents of one condo complex say their hazard is simply living next to a golf course. 7’s Heather Walker investigates. This is what Robert Heath woke up to in January. Robert Heath, resident: “‘Bam,’ my back windshield is completely shattered, and it’s shattered so badly that the little tiny microscopic bits of glass [got] all into the

 A motorcyclist was killed early Thursday morning when he crashed in Boynton Beach, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office reports. According to a statement, the rider, Kegan Bell, was heading east on Atlantic Avenue around 12:30 a.m. and did not make the left-hand curve just passed El Clair Ranch Road. Bell, 20, struck the curb and was thrown from his motorcycle. He slid into a nearby chain-link fence before ending up back on the shoulder of the road, the Sheriff’s

Photo by: St. Lucie County Fire District  A semi-truck trailer erupted into flames on Interstate 95 in Fort Pierce around midnight Friday. At about 12:15 a.m., St. Lucie County Fire District received a call about a burning tractor trailer on Mile Marker 139 on I-95, according to the fire district. When firefighters arrived on the scene, the trailer was fully engulfed in flames, the fire district reported. The fire district reported extinguishing the fire quickly, but the risk of a

TAVERNIER, Fla. – A small plane crashed in the Florida Keys with two people on board on Sunday afternoon, according to a statement on the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office’s Facebook page.  The small ultralight plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Tavenero airport, a private airport in Tavernier.  The two people on board are expected to be OK. The Florida Highway Patrol is investigating.  In the aftermath of a plane crash, the physical, emotional, and financial toll can be devastating. At Ovadia

Photo by: Okeechobee County Fire Rescue  An early-morning blaze entirely engulfed the Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge near Okeechobee on Friday. At about 3 a.m., Okeechobee County Fire Rescue arrived at the scene and found heavy fire bursting through the roof and eating away at all sides of the building, firefighters report. Crews hosed the flames and even brought in a water shuttle for additional supply. No injuries were reported, according to OCFR. Fire accidents can result in devastating losses,

A teacher in Daytona Beach who was fired last year from his job at a Catholic high school was arrested Thursday, accused of a sexual offense against a now-graduated student, according to police. Noah Cabiac, 42, faces a charge of offense against students by authority figures, records show. The Daytona Beach Police Department on May 11, 2023 — the day after Cabiac was reportedly fired from Father Lopez Catholic High School — was contacted by the parent of a student

Two people were injured in a boat crash in Sanford on Sunday, according to the Seminole County Fire Department.  The crash happened around 6:38 p.m. at 5502 Old Geneva Road in Sanford. Two boats collided, and two people were taken to the hospital. One of the two was transported as a trauma alert.  No other details have been released.  If you’ve been involved in a boat accident, Ovadia Law Group is here to provide you with the legal support and

Firefighters in South Beach rushed to a smoky situation billowing from beneath a building. Miami Beach Fire Rescue units responded to the scene in the area of Collins Avenue and 16th Street, just before 5 p.m. Thursday. Officials said the flames sparked in an underground electrical vault. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. The city issued an alert urging people to avoid Collins Ave between 15th and 16th streets due to fire department activity. Crews have since brought the blaze under

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – A work trimming trees became pinned between a tree and a bucket lift truck in Winter Haven, according to the Polk County Fire Rescue Department. The incident happened shortly after 1 p.m. in the area of Bermuda Court in Winter Haven, which is about an hour southwest of Orlando, officials said. One person was taken to the hospital as a trauma alert. An update on the worker’s condition was not immediately known. Officials said the worker was trimming