MULBERRY, Fla. – A man who firefighters pulled from a burning home in Mulberry early Sunday morning has died, Polk County Fire Rescue officials said.
Firefighters arrived at the home on Windsor Lane around 12:40 a.m., and found a woman outside using a garden hose to spray the flames, PCFR said.
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Crews searched the home and found the man unconscious inside, the Fire Rescue said. They pulled the man out from the house and life-saving measures were performed on him as he was transported to South Florida Baptist Hospital in Plant City, officials said. The man was pronounced dead at the hospital at 1:44 a.m., PCFR said.
The Bureau of Arson Investigations is investigating the cause of the fire, Polk County Fire Rescue said. The Polk County Sheriff's Office is carrying out the death investigation.