Crime & Safety

FL Fire Leaves 1 Dead, Woman Hospitalized With Burns To Her Face, Arms

One person was killed and a woman injured in a Bradenton house fire on Saturday afternoon, reports said.

BRADENTON, FL - One person died and another was hospitalized with burns to her face and arms after a Saturday afternoon Bradenton house fire, Cedar Hammock Fire Rescue told Fox 13.

Units responded to the home on 53rd Avenue West, which was engulfed in flames and “heavy black smoke” around 12:45 p.m., WTSP said.

"Cedar Hammock units deployed multiple hose lines and began fire attack along with search and rescue. One female patient was outside and had sustained burns to her face and arms,” reports said.

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Manatee County EMS treated her at the scene and brought her to Blake Hospital.

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