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A fire inside an elevator shaft at the Florida Blue building that was expected to shut down Riverside Avenue for about two hours has been put out, according to officials. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department confirmed the incident to News4JAX around 6:25 p.m. on Tuesday and said no injuries have been reported due to the flames. The agency added at the time that the fire was out, the building had been evacuated, and crews were working to clear the

Photo by: gulfcoastnewsnow A plane crashed in the Florida Everglades on Tuesday afternoon near the Collier County line. According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, its air rescue team was dispatched to the plane crash near Shark Valley at 2:44 p.m., and two people were on board. Officials said the two people were able to get out of the plane themselves but needed to be rescued because they were stranded. Rescue crews had to do a hoist operation due to the difficult

Photo by: (SLCFD) A two-vehicle crash in Port St. Lucie sent two vehicles leaping over a canal and crashing into bushes. Firefighters with the St. Lucie County Fire District (SLCFD) say they responded to a two-vehicle crash at 11 p.m. Monday near the Crosstown and Rangeline intersection in Port St. Lucie. Officials say both cars left the road, landing in the bushes, with one driver trapped in his car and one car partially submerged. Firefighters say they set up a

(Polk County Fire Rescue) A driver died following a three-vehicle crash in Polk County on Tuesday. The crash happened at around 10 a.m. on Spirit Lake Road in Winter Haven, according to Polk County officials. One of the vehicles involved in the crash was a Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance. Two of the crew members were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released. The driver of the second vehicle was pronounced dead. The driver of the third

A man was killed and another was in custody after a stabbing at a park in northwest Miami-Dade on Tuesday, deputies said. According to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office, the stabbing happened around 9:45 a.m. at Arthur Woodard Park, located at 1220 Northwest 99th Street. Deputies said that the man who was stabbed was found unresponsive near some gym equipment and died at the park. Chopper6 hovered over the area, where deputies gathered around what appeared to be a tarp. As

Photo by: wcjb One person was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after a shed fire in Belleview early Tuesday morning. Marion County Fire Rescue crews responded to Southeast 97th Court around 5:30 a.m. and found the shed fully engulfed in flames, with fire shooting through the roof. Firefighters brought the blaze under control less than five minutes after arrival. The injured person was taken to a local hospital for treatment. No other injuries were reported at the scene. Marion County Fire

A drunk driving suspect was arrested after crashing into a Porsche and injuring the driver. BWH, 24, of Summerfield, was driving a 2003 Toyota Tacoma pickup at about 2 a.m. Saturday northbound on U.S. Hwy. 441 at NE 136th Avenue when he noticed the light changing, according to an arrest report from the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office. H claimed his front tire “locked up” and his pickup struck the Porsche, which had stopped at a red light. The man driving

A Wildwood woman was arrested after allegedly hitting a man with a crowbar, stabbing him with a box cutter and slashing his tires.  An officer responded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Park for an alleged criminal mischief incident involving 36-year-old Y’T YM at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, according to an arrest report from the Wildwood Police Department. Upon arrival, the officer met with the male victim who was visibly injured and distraught. He said M hit him with a crowbar

Credit: Hernando County Fire Rescue Hernando County Fire crews are on the scene of a car crash after the vehicle erupted in flames.  Deputies and firefighters are at the scene on Tuesday morning at Vespa Way and U.S. 19 in Weeki Wachee. The car is in the exit lane of Weeki Wachee High School, and drivers should expect traffic delays in the area. Pictures from officials show the front of the car destroyed, and heavy flames and smoke coming from

The Brief A 23-year-old Florida smoke shop worker has been arrested after he allegedly kidnapped and beat several teens who are accused of previously burglarizing the store.  3 teens allegedly kidnapped, beaten in Orange County What we know: Deputies with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office (OCSO) responded to references of a kidnapping on the night of Jan. 16 at an Orlando home.  Officials said the complainant’s son’s friend, a 15-year-old boy, had been forcibly taken into a white, four-door sedan. The complainant believed the

Two lanes on Interstate 595 were closed Tuesday morning after a semi-truck lost control and spilled fuel on the roadway, according to Florida Highway Patrol. The semi-truck lost control while going eastbound on the wet roadway, just east of Florida’s Turnpike, and jackknifed, FHP said. No one was hurt, but about 100 gallons of fuel spilled onto the right shoulder due to a ruptured fuel tank. Two right lanes were blocked along with the exit ramp for State Road 84-Marina

Two pedestrians died after being hit by a train in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood on Monday night, according to police. It happened along North Miami Avenue, just north of 71st Street, just before 10:45 p.m. Miami police said the pedestrians, “a male and a female,” were pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators have not released their names or ages. Authorities did not say what type of train hit the pair or why they were on the tracks. Why You Need