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Man found dead in flaming mobile home

 
Published Feb. 17, 2018

TAMPA — Firefighters found a man dead inside a burned-down mobile home Saturday.

Tampa Fire Rescue got a call just after 4:30 p.m. that a single-wide mobile home at the 100 block of East Linebaugh Avenue was in flames.

The man's identity was not released, but firefighters said he was in his sixties.

A neighbor broke a window trying to pull the man out of the home, Fire Rescue said. The neighbor, in his forties, suffered minor injuries during his failed rescue and was taken to Tampa General Hospital, Fire Rescue said.

Arson investigators are trying to determine the cause of the fire. At this time, it does not appear to be suspicions, Fire Rescue said.

Contact Jonathan Capriel at 813-225-3141 or jcapriel@tampabay.com. Follow @jonathancapriel.