Five die in Florida mobile home fire
November 22nd, 2009 - 1:24 am ICT by BNO NewsOCALA, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) — Five people died when a fire broke out at a mobile home in Florida’s northwest Marion County on early Saturday, county officials said.
Marion County firefighters responded to the mobile home at 6.46 a.m. EST, according to Miranda Iglesias, a spokeswoman for the Marion County Fire Rescue. She said firefighters arrived at the scene, located at 11290 northwest 20th street, within six minutes.
When emergency crews arrived at the scene they found the mobile home fully involved in fire with its roof collapsed. “There are five confirmed fatalities,” the spokeswoman said.
Iglesias said she had no information about the casualties, but said the incident is under investigation.
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