Helmet-cam: Fatal house fire in Jacksonville, Florida.
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This is helmet-cam video from a fire on Tuesday around 5:30 PM in the 2100 block of West 17th Street in Jacksonville, Florida that left one person dead and two others injured.
Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville.com:
Police have identified a 69-year-old woman found dead Tuesday evening at a burned home in the 2100 block of West 17th Street as Vernell Taylor Ladson.
Two other women, one injured inside the burning home and the other hurt when she attempted a rescue, are being treated at the Shands Burn Center at the University of Florida.
Firefighters called to 2100 block of West 17th Street found heavy flames consuming the front of the home.
Investigators said the woman who died was found near the carport in the front of the home, while a woman in her 90s found in the back in critical condition at Shands Jacksonville Medical Center. A third woman in her 40s showed up to try and help but was also badly burned. JFRD spokesman Tom Francis said likely will be transferred to the burn unit at Shands Medical Center in Gainesville.
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