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 Ocala firefighters say three cats were killed after a grease fire broke out at a home on northeast 8th Street Friday afternoon. First responders say the people living there were able to escape without injury. Holding Negligent Parties Accountable in Fire Accidents Negligence is often a key factor in fire accidents. Whether it’s faulty wiring, lack of safety measures, or poor property maintenance, someone may be legally responsible for your injuries. At Ovadia Law Group, our fire accident attorneys specialize in identifying and

A Marion County woman is charged with manslaughter after an accident early Saturday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the sedan was traveling south on State Road 35 and failed to turn during a curve. The crash happened at 2:35 a.m. The sedan ran off the roadway onto the shoulder. The car rotated and struck a wooden fence and then a large tree. The passenger, 27-year-old man was ejected out of the vehicle after it struck the tree.

A Gainesville woman was arrested after a child emailed a teacher, saying the woman beat him and his sister. JG, 40, was arrested after a 12-year-old boy that was in her care emailed a former teacher. The boy said that G punched, strangled, and threatened the two. Officers say G kept them out of school worried they would talk to cops. G was arrested on child abuse charges. How Ovadia Law Group Maximizes Your Compensation At Ovadia Law Group, we understand

Photo by: Bradford County firefighters  Bradford County firefighters put out a house fire that destroyed a family’s home in Starke. They say a 911 caller reported the fire along Clarke Street around 5 p.m. Nobody was home when that call came, and nobody was hurt. Firefighters say the home is a total loss and its residents won’t be able to move back in. Holding Negligent Parties Accountable in Fire Accidents Negligence is often a key factor in fire accidents. Whether

Three people were treated after a fire broke out at a high-rise condominium building in North Miami Beach Friday night. Video showed heavy flames shooting out of a sixth-floor unit of the 10-story building in the area of Northeast 166th Street and 35th Avenue. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to the building around 6:45 p.m. and were able to quickly attack and extinguish the fire and prevent it from spreading to other apartments. Three people were treated at

 Deputies are investigating after a Hobe Sound disturbance turned violent Saturday, leaving one with a stab wound and both hospitalized. What began as a domestic argument in a Hobe Sound mobile home park ended with a stabbing that sent one person to the hospital, deputies say. The Martin County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Criminal Investigations Division says they were dispatched to a Hobe Sound Mobile Home Village for reports of a stabbing. MCSO’s investigation revealed that the incident began as a

Shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, Miami Fire Rescue responded to a fire near Southwest 12th Avenue. Crews said they found a three-story residential apartment complex with smoke coming from the second floor. Firefighters went up and found an apartment on fire. Crews said they quickly contained the blaze. The resident of the apartment had self-evacuated and was treated for smoke inhalation, according to fire rescue. Fire rescue said her kittens were also given oxygen and taken by friends to an

Photo by: wsvn Fire crews came to the rescue of two pets when they encountered a smoky situation in Southwest Ranches this weekend. Davie Fire Rescue responded to the scene of a house fire in the area of Southwest 55th Street and 178th Avenue, just before 9:10 p.m. on Saturday. Upon arrival, firefighters worked quickly to extinguish the fire. Crews rescued two dogs while fighting the flames. No injuries were reported. Officials are attempting to determine the cause of the

 The eastbound lanes of the Rickenbacker Causeway have reopened to traffic one day after, police said, a crash involving a dirt bike and a bicycle left a man dead and sent a minor to the hospital. City of Miami Police responded to the scene of the crash, involving a bicyclist and two minors riding on an electric dirt bike, along the William Powell Bridge section of the causeway, Friday night. Investigators said the bicyclist was rising his bike on the eastbound lanes

 A Broward Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed a man who had injured himself in a Cooper City parking lot after the man went on the attack, authorities said. Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue units responded to a call reporting a man had shot himself in the parking lot of a McDonald’s near Griffin Road and North Palm Avenue, early Saturday afternoon. Employees at the McDonald’s said the injured man was outside with his mother in

A 22-year-old man is charged with attempted homicide for stabbing his cousin seven times at Pensacola Beach, according to an arrest report. Deputies arrested CW on Tuesday. He’s being held in Escambia County Jail without bond. The incident happened the night of July 11 at the “Mommy Beach” area of Pensacola Beach. According to the report, the victim was with his family under a pavilion facing the water when W walked up behind him and stabbed him several times before

 An 8-month-old baby boy was killed in a crash involving a DUI driver, the Florida Highway Patrol said. At around 1:36 a.m. on Saturday, 32-year-old AMB, of Clearwater, was driving a Chevy Silverado on US-19 in Pasco County. B attempted to overtake an Audi, driven by a 27-year-old G man, who had his 8-month-old baby with him. The baby was in a car seat in the back of the Audi, FHP said. The Audi was approaching the intersection of US-19