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A closed bedroom door helped Ocala firefighters contain a house fire Thursday night. Ocala Fire Rescue officials say firefighters were called to a home on Southwest 54th Court at around 5:45 p.m. in response to a structure fire. Crews arrived at the home to heavy smoke coming from a single-family home. Fire rescue officials say they believe the source of the fire came from the master bedroom and found the door closed, which reduced the fire’s spread. Crews were able

No one is injured after a fire early Friday morning at a greenhouse in Gainesville. According to Alachua County Fire Rescue officials, ACFR crews and Gainesville Fire Rescue crews responded to the fire in the area of 2516 Southeast 35th Street just after 1 a.m. Crews say they found a shed and greenhouse fully engulfed in flames. Crews were able to contain the fire in less than 20 minutes before it was able to spread. No injuries were reported but

A crash in Pompano Beach appeared to be the center of a massive multi-agency investigation Thursday. Fort Lauderdale Police, Davie Police and the Broward Sheriff’s Office had several squad cars around Dr. MLK Jr. Boulevard near Northwest 6th Avenue. Officials haven’t released details of the investigation that started in Davie. Davie Police has only confirmed an active investigation. NBC6 observed a white SUV that slammed headfirst into a pole outside a restaurant. The door was left open and was badly

A man who was shot in a possible road-rage incident in Ives Estates on Thursday drove himself to a hospital, where he said his car was stolen as he was taken to another medical center, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office (MDSO). The victim told authorities that he was shot “by an unknown subject” while driving in the area of Ives Dairy Road and Northeast 15th Avenue. A woman’s car was also struck; that driver was uninjured. The sheriff’s office

A Deerfield Beach man appeared in court on Thursday on charges including attempted murder after deputies accused him of shooting his 19-year-old son in the hand in a dispute over music. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on Sunday at the home of suspect JSH, located in the 200 block of Northeast Eighth Avenue. A BSO arrest report states that an “extremely intoxicated” H, 55, became angry at his son for playing “heavy metal music” to drown

 Police are investigating a vehicle-pedestrian crash that left one person critically injured Wednesday, authorities said. According to Davie police, officers arrived to find a pedestrian suffering from life-threatening injuries. The individual was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment. Traffic Homicide Investigators were called to the scene, and northbound lanes of North University Drive near the 3500 block remain closed. The investigation is active and ongoing. Why Ovadia Law Group is Your Advocate After a Pedestrian Accident A pedestrian

Photo by: Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Paramedics rushed a man to the hospital after an auto shop in Opa-locka erupted in flames. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze near Northwest 20th Avenue and 139th Street, at around 9 p.m. on Thursday. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke billowing from a warehouse. Inside the structure, they found a vehicle that was fully engulfed in flames. After a fire attack from a dozen firefighters, they were able to

Two people were injured and two cats died in a house fire on McGuire Avenue in Port Charlotte Thursday afternoon. According to Charlotte County Fire & EMS, one person was airlifted to the hospital as a trauma alert, and another person was also transported locally with injuries. Two cats died in the fire. However, crews were able to rescue a rabbit. Crews arrived to the home just after 1:30 p.m., where they saw heavy flames coming out of the front

A woman was arrested early Thursday morning after police said she struck her boyfriend in the head with a glass bottle during an argument inside their Hialeah apartment. It happened around 5:15 a.m. at a home near West 56th Street, according to an arrest report. Police identified the suspect as 43-year-old AVG. Officers with the Hialeah Police Department arrived to find a man lying by a staircase, bleeding heavily from the head. He told police his girlfriend had hit him

One person has been arrested following a crash that stemmed from a road-rage incident at the S.S. Jolley Bridge onto Marco Island on Thursday. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a traffic incident on Wednesday morning. Once on the scene, deputies say the crash was due to a road-rage incident. No injuries were reported, according to CCSO. CCSO said one person was arrested at the scene. Gulf Coast News reached out to CCSO for more information.

A man is accused of DUI and crashing into a car in North Fort Myers on Tuesday. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, a deputy responded to reports of a crash on the corner of Pondella Road and North Tamiami Trail at around 11:01 p.m. The deputy arrived on the scene and saw a red Chrysler Sebring with the driver, NC, 26, still in the driver’s seat. The deputy also saw a blue Hyundai Sonata with the driver standing

Photo by: (FDOT) A crash on the southbound Turnpike in Boynton Beach is causing delays on Thursday morning. Florida 511 reported a crash just before Mile Marker 84, at 8:22 a.m. In the latest update at 8:30 a.m., officials said that the two left lanes have been blocked. No injuries have been reported at this time. How Ovadia Law Group Handles Car Accident Claims When you’re injured in a car accident, the aftermath can be overwhelming. At Ovadia Law Group,