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Photo by: Ruth Kim A balcony fire that erupted at a Miami high-rise has been extinguished. City of Miami Fire Rescue units responded to the area off Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast Eighth Street on Friday morning. Cameras captured heavy smoke pouring out of the balcony. Officials said a man grabbed a fire extinguisher and extinguished the flames before firefighters arrived. The flames were contained to the balcony and no one was hurt. Why Legal Representation Matters After a Fire Accident

Photo by: wsvn  A Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputy was taken to the hospital after being involved in a crash in Southwest Miami-Dade, authorities said. MDSO’s Hammocks district deputies responded to the scene of the incident in the area of Southwest 137th Avenue and 169th Terrace, just before 9:10 p.m. on Friday. Investigators said the crash involved two civilian vehicles and a marked MDSO cruiser. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded and transported the injured deputy to a nearby hospital in stable

Photo by: FLFR Crews battled fierce flames after a fire broke out at a car lot in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze in the area of Northwest Eighth Street and Seventh Terrace, Saturday afternoon. Firefighters were able to quickly knock down the flames. Officials said 10 cars were damaged. Fortunately, no one was hurt. There is no word as to what sparked the flames. Why Legal Representation Matters After a Fire Accident After a

 Rescue crews took a woman to a hospital after trouble on the tracks in downtown Fort Lauderdale led to an overnight wreck involving a train and three vehicles near a popular bar, police said. Fort Lauderdale Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the crash along the 200 block of Southwest Second Street, at around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday. Moments before impact, pedestrians had gathered along the railroad tracks, right next to vehicles which were trapped between

 Two people were injured in a fiery crash Saturday morning in Tampa, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened on Saturday at around 9:20 a.m. and held up traffic as first responders worked to clear the scene. A 54-year-old Tampa man was driving a single-unit dump truck, traveling on the access road leading from US-301 to westbound I-4 and US-92. The man lost control of the truck and collided with a median wall, causing the vehicle to overturn and

A Lakeland woman has been arrested and charged after the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said she fled the scene of a fatal crash. Last Monday, August 18, just before 4 a.m., deputies responded to reports of a woman lying in the middle of West Highland Street in Lakeland. They arrived to find a 27-year-old woman dead in the street with broken vehicle parts around her. The broken parts included a fender liner with the part number included and a piece

 Detectives are investigating an attempted murder-suicide that happened Friday afternoon in Seminole, the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to a home on Anchorage Circle at around 5:19 p.m. after reports that someone had been shot. They arrived to find the victim, a 58-year-old woman, at a neighbor’s house. The victim told police that her husband, 65-year-old SG, shot her, and deputies soon learned the suspect was still inside the home and was armed. Attempts to communicate with G

A 19-year-old is injured, and another is behind bars following an early morning shooting in DeFuniak Springs Saturday. According to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to Passion Flower Street after dispatch received a text to 911 stating, “send ambulance, police, person shot.” They say when they arrived, they found the 19-year-old victim lying on the couch of the living room, holding pressure on a gunshot wound to the chest. We’re told Walton County Fire Rescue responded and began

A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle traveling north near San Pablo Road South, south of San Pablo Parkway early Saturday morning, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said the victim, a man in his mid-30s, appeared to have been walking or crossing the roadway. The driver fled the scene, and JSO launched a traffic homicide investigation to determine the circumstances of the crash. The victim died at the scene, Jacksonville Fire and Rescue said. San Pablo

A 68-year-old motorcyclist died in a head-on crash on County Road 352 near Monongahela Avenue in Clay County on Friday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Officials said at approximately 7:16 p.m., an 18-year-old Keystone Heights man was driving an SUV when he crossed the solid double yellow lines while negotiating a curve. FHP said the SUV drove directly into the path of the southbound motorcycle, causing a head-on collision. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, FHP

 A 32-year-old man was arrested Saturday for the fatal shooting of a man in Murray Hill back in April, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said. BE is charged with second-degree murder and accessory after the fact and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On April 15, JSO found CC, 33, with multiple gunshot wounds on Ernest Street near McDuff Avenue. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department took him to the hospital, where he died. Ovadia Law Group: Legal Help for

Photo by WJXT News4JAX A woman in her mid-50s died from stab wounds Saturday at a residence, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. JSO said at around 3:05 p.m., officers responded to the 2500 block of Peach Drive to help Jacksonville Fire and Rescue address a “medical situation.” Officials said they found a woman in her mid-50s suffering from stab wounds and JFRD said she died at the scene. JSO said it is still investigating and has four people detained