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Photo by: fox13news A man was found inside a North Port home that caught on fire early Sunday morning, according to officials. North Port Fire Rescue and the North Port Police Department responded to the 3000 block of South Salford Blvd just after midnight. Neighbors told FOX 13 that the victim lived alone and was a former US Marine. According to firefighters, NPPD and the State Fire Marshal are investigating. Crews say the investigation indicates that the cause of the fire may

Photo by:  Hillsborough County Fire Rescue A giant blaze could be seen coming from a tiki hut attached to the Mamajuana Cafe on Saturday night, according to officials. Authorities say Hillsborough County Fire Rescue responded to the scene at 9202 Anderson Road in Tampa after receiving 911 calls just before 11 p.m. According to callers, the fire was growing rapidly on the giant tiki hut. Crews say they could see the fire from the Veterans Expressway while headed to the cafe. Firefighters

A man is dead after being shot at a gas station on South Orange Blossom Trail Friday night, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Office. Around 9:20 p.m., deputies responded to a Speedway gas station at 9520 South Orange Blossom Trail due to a shooting, a press release stated. Upon arrival, they found a man in his 30s, now identified as Carlos Henry Bethel, with a gunshot wound, deputies said. He was transported to the hospital where he was later

 Two men were found shot to death inside a car in the Dinsmore area on Jacksonville’s Northside on Sunday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Around 2 a.m. officers responded to Garden Street regarding reports of a car blocking the middle of the road. When they arrived, police found two men dead inside the vehicle with gunshot wounds. They were later identified as Anton Brown, 40, and Travis Williams, 45. At this time, the circumstances that led to the

A 40-year-old Orange Park woman is dead after walking into the path of an SUV on Blanding Boulevard, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. A crash report shows the SUV was heading south on Blanding Boulevard near Woodside Drive in Orange Park when it struck the woman. The driver then pulled over to help the woman. Other witnesses in the area also stopped to render aid until first responders arrived on the scene. The woman was taken to Orange Park

A teenage girl was injured in a stabbing Friday night. Police say a 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the neck during an argument between two groups. According to police, there was some kind of dispute that started at a local high school earlier in the week. A school resource officer got wind of a plan to settle the dispute Friday night somewhere in town. The police knew something was up and were ready. They ended up meeting in an area

Two people are safe after getting stranded on a boat in Geneva on Sunday morning. Seminole County Fire Department crews got a call to Mullet Lake Park around 2 a.m. That’s where they found two boaters trapped on a sand dune about 150 yards from the main waterway. Crews tell us the pair was driving the boat down the creek and ran aground. Responders got them back to shore by 2:45 a.m., and no one was hurt. Fire rescue crews

Photo by: wsvn Crews came to the aid of a pilot after a helicopter crashed in the water near Key Biscayne. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Robinson R-44 went down at around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday after the pilot reported engine issues. Video posted on social media showed onlookers at the scene and the helicopter in the water. “I was just lying on the beach, and I’m looking out into the ocean . All of a sudden, I

Photo by: NbcMiami A man and a woman have died after a six-vehicle crash in Miami-Dade Saturday, officials said. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on southbound US 1, in the area of Southwest 132nd Avenue. The woman who died was driving a red Nissan sedan when she stopped at a traffic signal, according to FHP Lt. Alex Camacho. That is when officials said the man, who was driving a Ford SUV collided with the back of

Photo by: Florida Highway Patrol A crash in St. Petersburg on Friday morning left four people hurt, including a 2-year-old who suffered serious injuries, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. In a release, FHP officials said that the crash happened around 7:33 a.m. at the intersection of 41st Avenue North and 28th Street North. At the time, a car — driven by a 40-year-old St. Petersburg woman — was headed west along 41st Avenue North when a truck — driven by

A man was killed in a fiery two-vehicle wreck that closed Florida’s Turnpike in Orange County for hours, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The fatal crash happened late Sunday in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike near Interstate 4. The FHP said the man was driving a 1998 Honda Civic north on the Turnpike when he failed to slow down for traffic ahead of him and crashed into the back of a tractor-trailer. The car caught fire and became engulfed

A 46-year-old man was shot and killed Sunday night in an Orange County neighborhood, sheriff’s officials said. The fatal shooting was reported around 9:55 p.m. on 24th Street near Woods Street. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to the 1000 block of 24th Street and found George Samuels III suffering from a gunshot wound. Samuels was taken to a hospital and was pronounced dead, deputies said. No other details have been released. Check back for updates. Personal