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A Fort Myers woman awoke to hear sounds of popping due to his house heavy with smoke and flames early Saturday morning. Firefighters with the Fort Myers Fire Department (FMFD) responded to the house fire off Bassie Court at 1:32 a.m. Upon arrival, the home was fully engulfed in flames and smoke coming from all windows and doors. After nine minutes, firefighters hosed it down until control. According to FMFD, the fire reportedly started from a window air conditioner. The

A Naples pedestrian was hospitalized after he was hit by an unknown pickup truck on Jan. 27. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the crash happened at 11:30 p.m., when an unknown pickup truck hit the 45-year-old man standing on Shadowlawn Drive, north of Catherine Avenue. The driver reportedly fled the scene after the crash. Witnesses said the truck was a black four-door with an orange and red triangular racing stripe on the side and chrome wheels. FHP said

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews battled through the night as a brand-new luxury apartment building Downtown went up in flames. The RISE Doro Apartments at 960 E. Adams St. is in the middle of the sports complex, next to the ballpark and arena. Timeline Just before 9:30 p.m. Sunday: A crew laying tile on the ground floor of the RISE Doro building on East Adams Street hears fire crackling above them and leaves the building. 9:30 p.m. Sunday: A security guard calls 911 to report

Phot by: Ocala Police Department Ocala police say one man is dead after a car struck an older couple Thursday night. Police say officers responded to the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and West Silver Springs Boulevard just before 7 p.m. after receiving reports of a car hitting two pedestrians. According to investigators, a witness told police that a vehicle was headed westbound on Silver Springs Blvd as the couple — identified as an 83-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man —

A 58-year-old Orlando man died after being struck Friday night while walking on South Orange Blossom Trail in Orange County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 8:49 p.m. in the center northbound lane, north of Americana Boulevard, troopers said. According to an FHP crash report, the pedestrian was walking in an easterly direction from the raised grass median — not in a marked crosswalk — when he entered the direct path of an SUV. The front

A 19-year-old Orlando man died after crashing in an entrance ramp while riding a motorcycle through Orange County early Saturday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 1:22 a.m. as the man traveled on a westbound entrance ramp to State Road 528 from John Young Parkway, troopers said. An FHP crash report states the man failed to negotiate a right-hand curve and ran off the roadway, being thrown from the motorcycle and striking a guardrail. The man

Tampa Police arrested a man for a DUI after he allegedly crashed into a pedestrian with a pickup truck on Adamo Drive early Monday morning. TPD said at 2:50 a.m., Mical Scott, 23, was driving his 2015 Chevrolet pickup on East Adamo Drive. A 24-year-old man was walking on the roadway when Scott struck the pedestrian with his truck. Police said the pedestrian was transported to a nearby hospital, where they were pronounced dead. TPD said Scott was evaluated by

Photo by: Click Orlando A Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance taking a critical stroke patient to a hospital was struck in a hit-and-run crash Friday night on Interstate 4 in Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash occurred around 7:12 p.m. as the ambulance was traveling with activated emergency equipment on westbound I-4 just east of exit 19 (Thonotosassa Road), troopers said. According to a preliminary FHP crash report, a vehicle believed to be a silver or

Acrash between a Brightline train and a vehicle Saturday evening in Boca Raton left one occupant in the vehicle injured, while the second person in the vehicle fled on foot, but was later taken to a hospital, police said. Boca police said the collision happened shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday at Camino Real and Dixie Highway. One person in the vehicle was taken to a hospital as a trauma patient, while the other left the scene on foot, police spokeswoman Jessica

A family of five was left without a home after a garage fire destroyed their house in Palmetto Bay late Saturday night. More than a dozen Miami-Dade fire units responded to the fire that was caught on camera just before midnight Saturday. Fire officials said crews were initially responding to reports of a vehicle fire along SW 156th Street when they arrived to a garage fully engulfed in flames. It reportedly also spread to the attic. Officials said the fire

Traffic delays are expected Monday after a rollover crash along the Palmetto Expressway caused two southbound lanes to be blocked. The crash happened early Monday morning at Northwest 154th Street on the southbound lanes of the Palmetto Expressway. Chopper 6 captured aerial images of the scene and one car was flipped upside down while two others suffered damages. Cars were also seen moving bumper to bumper for miles. The alternate route was the Florida Turnpike. At this time, officials have

Photo by: wsvn Authorities are investigating what they described as a boat collision near the Broad Causeway in North Miami that left two people seriously injured. 7News cameras captured officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as they surrounded one of the vessels involved near Bay Harbor Islands, just after 5 p.m., Sunday. Investigators said the crash happened at around 4 p.m. They said the two boats somehow collided, causing a 45-year-old man to be ejected. That victim