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Photo by: wsvn A Lake Worth homeowner generated a disaster after his electricity went out and he turned on his backup supply of power. Cameras showed Steve Jackson as he stood inside the home where he and his family have been living in for more than two decades. “There was a sideboard right there you could see on the wall,” he said. “The heat here, the screen melted off the TV.” But now it’s all gone, after a fire completely

One adult was taken to the hospital after a gas leak occurred in a kitchen at Longwood Elementary School, according to the Longwood Fire Department.  Firefighters responded to the school around noon following reports of a gas leak, according to the fire department. School staff managed to halt the leak before they arrived, firefighters said. One adult was taken to the hospital after exposure to the gas, while another was evaluated on-site, firefighters noted. The leak was determined to be

The Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said investigators have located a vehicle believed to have been involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Orange County. The crash happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Thursday at Curry Ford Road and Colton Drive. The Florida Highway Patrol said a vehicle was traveling eastbound on Curry Ford Road when the driver lost control and ran off the road. As a result, the driver struck the man who was walking west along the road. The

One man was killed and another two were seriously injured in a car crash just north of Inglis Saturday night. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a truck and an SUV were involved in the crash around 11:30 p.m. They say the SUV’s driver pulled out onto US Highway 19 right in front of the truck. The truck hit the vehicle, killing the SUV’s driver and lighting it on fire. A passenger in the SUV and the truck’s driver were taken

Photo by: Fox35Orlando The National Weather Service office in Melbourne said a storm cell that moved across Orange County early Saturday morning produced damage around Winter Garden and Ocoee.  Wind gusts resulted in downed fences, displaced patio furniture, and a trampoline blown about in one subdivision.  The peak wind gust recorded from that overnight supercell was 58 mph in Orlando around 2:17 a.m.  Families residing between Ocoee and Winter Garden woke up to find their yards, driveways, and streets scattered

Five apartment units have been displaced after an overnight fire in Casselberry, according to the Seminole County Fire Department. Around 3:15 a.m., firefighters responded to a structure fire at Summit Village Apartments, according to a press release. They found an apartment with its attic and interior walls ablaze, leading to the evacuation of that unit as well as four others, firefighters said. First responders had the fire under control by 3:55 a.m., according to the fire department. A total of

Photo by: Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg Officials say a Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg crew rescued five mariners in under 3 hours on Saturday. The crew responded after a distress call came through VHF radio channel 16 around 11:13 a.m. According to authorities, four men were aboard a sinking 24-foot boat near Gandy Bridge. The crew says they rescued all four men that were found next to their partially submerged and aground vessel and took them to the Gandy Boat Ramp.

Photo by: Firstcoastnews A 55-year-old Jacksonville woman is dead after a crash in an express lane of Interstate 295 on Sunday evening, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An FHP crash report states around 4:28 p.m., a sedan was traveling south on I-295 near Mile Marker 57 in the right express lane. At the same time, another sedan driven by the 55-year-old woman was stopped in the right lane ahead of the first sedan. According to the report, the 39-year-old

A 36-year-old Silver Springs woman was struck and killed while walking on a road in Marion County, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The fatal crash happened around 5:55 a.m. on County Road 314A near NE 14 Street Road. The FHP said the woman was walking in the northbound lane of C.R. 314A when she was struck by a pickup truck driven by a 63-year-old Silver Springs man. According to troopers, the woman was wearing dark clothing and the area was

A family was grieving on Mother’s Day Sunday after a 15-year-old girl died during a boat collision on Saturday off Key Biscayne. The boater never even stopped. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has been searching for a light blue center console boat since the operator struck struck and killed the waterskier near the Nixon Beach Sandbar around 4:40 p.m. The victim has been identified as Ella Adler. “We are searching for a vessel that we are told is

A suspect has been arrested in Broward County in connection with a fatal shooting that was reported early Sunday morning outside a nightclub in Miami Beach, authorities confirmed. Jail records show Dvonn Reaux, 28, was taken into custody Sunday by the Broward Sheriff’s Office. He is being held at the North Broward Bureau on an out-of-county hold. Miami police confirmed Monday that Reaux faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of Marley William Lester. According to

Photo by: News4JAX Duval County Public Schools said many of its schools experienced weather-related power and telephone outages on Friday morning. The district said in the event of an emergency parents can call the Office of School Operations at 904-390-2675, and they will assist you in making contact with the school. In addition, Bradford County School District notified Lawtey Elementary School parents that some parts of the school lost power, and they had no phone or internet service. School officials