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Plant City mobile home fire kills one, seriously burns another

 
Published March 15, 2015

PLANT CITY — One person was killed and another severely burned in a mobile home fire early Sunday morning, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.

Firefighters responded to a call around 2 a.m. from neighbors reporting a structure fire at 1319 Candy Cane Lane with possible trapped victims, authorities said. Rescue crews found and treated a male patient with severe burns before he was transported to a local trauma center.

After removing some of the exterior walls, crews searched the inside of the mobile home and found the body of what appeared to be a woman, according to Fire Rescue.

A neighbor had minor wounds from breaking a window and was treated at the scene, authorities said. The fire left parts of the home and floor unstable, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue.