Jacksonville, Fl — An early morning fire at a mobile home in Oceanway has left one person dead and a second in serious condition at a local hospital.
Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews were called to Shims Road, off New Berlin, just before 3:30 am Friday.
“Were met with heavy fire from the front of the house. There was one patient that we were met with immediately who has been transported to the hospital in serious condition”, said Eric Prosswimmer, JFRD Captain.
The cause is under investigation by the state fire marshal.
That victim told firefighters that a disabled person was still inside the home, and was later discovered dead. The fire was under control within around 30 minutes, JFRD said.
“Crews had a difficult time because it’s a mobile home, it’s off-grade, there was holes in the floor, we had to watch out for our firefighters’ safety. Getting to the bedroom where the person was wasn’t an easy task”, said Prosswimmer.
JFRD had been to the house before to treat the people and knew the layout but weren’t able to get to the person in the bedroom.
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