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Four dead in overnight Plant City house fire
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HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Four people died overnight in a Plant City house fire despite frantic efforts from firefighters to save them.
According to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, the home caught fire around midnight about 100 yards off County Line Road.
What You Need To Know
- 4 dead in house fire in Plant City
- 1 person from inside the home called 911
- 3 people pulled out by firefighters but died; one person found dead in home after fire put out
Officials said one person inside of the home called 911.
Danny Alvarez with Hillsborough Fire Rescue says within eight minutes, the first fire crews were on scene. Five minutes later, firefighters were able to pull out three adults but none of them survived.
“They were all clustered together,” Alvarez said. “And we were able to locate them pretty quickly and make it out of a bedroom window with all three patients.”
After the fire was out, a fourth person was found dead in another part of the home.
Five dogs were also trapped in the home, but it isn’t known if any of them survived.
A cause of the fire has not been determined.
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Jason Lanning
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