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3 injured in mobile home fire near Altamonte Springs

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — A woman and two men were injured early Wednesday when a mobile home caught fire near Altamonte Springs, Seminole County Fire Rescue said.

Firefighters said they discovered a live power line lying in the front yard of a burning home at about 1 a.m. on Champion Avenue near West State Road 434 and Montgomery Road.

Officials said three residents escaped the burning home, which was destroyed.

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Jerry Balliet told Channel 9 that he told his daughter to call 911 as soon as he saw the flames.

"Around 1 a.m., my mom came hollering in my room and said that she thought my cousin's trailer was on fire," Balliet said. "I grabbed the water hose and started spraying at the flames, and it took a few minutes. It was engulfed."

Balliet said the power line snapped. He said he could hear oxygen tanks in the home exploding.

The woman was taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center with burns to her face and neck.

The men were taken to Florida Hospital Altamonte to be treated for smoke inhalation.

Firefighters took 15 minutes to extinguish the blaze, the cause of which remains under investigation.