A 50-year-old man was killed and a 49-year-old woman was injured Tuesday morning in a Winter Park house fire, Orange County Fire Rescue said.
Six of the couple's seven dogs also died in the fire, authorities said.
The man was pulled out of the burning home by firefighters, and the woman was found outside suffering from severe burns, authorities said.
“They obviously arrived at a partially involved fire; fire licking through the roof. They did a frontal attack, (and) during that time they were obviously trying to make entry into the structure to check for any victims,” Capt. Jason Herman,” Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigation said.
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A third person escaped the home before firefighters arrived.
The woman is in critical condition at Orlando Regional Medical Center, authorities said. Doctors have placed her into a medically induced coma to try to save her life.
Neither the circumstances surrounding the fire nor the victims’ names have been released.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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