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One resident dead in Polk County mobile home fire

 
Published May 26, 2015

HAINES CITY — Authorities in Polk County battled a mobile home fire overnight Tuesday that killed one resident.

At about 12:15 a.m., firefighters with Polk County Fire Rescue and Haines City Fire Department responded to 9330 Lake Marion Creek Road, where they found half the mobile home consumed by the blaze.

The flames were contained by 1:30 a.m., authorities said. One resident made it out safe. Firefighters found the other dead inside the home. Their identities have not been released.