Young child, man rushed to hospital after Woodland Acres apartment fire

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Two folks had been transported to a hospital after an house fireplace Thursday afternoon within the Woodland Acres neighborhood, in accordance with the Jacksonville Hearth and Rescue Division.

A lady, who requested to not be recognized, mentioned she obtained a name at work letting her know her residence caught on fireplace and that her 3-year-old son and her husband had been those taken to the hospital.

Crews mentioned they responded about 2:30 p.m. to the hearth at an house constructing on Kona Street and will see smoke after they arrived.

Based on firefighters, the hearth seems to have began on the primary flooring whereas the daddy and son had been upstairs in a room. They each managed to get out of the house however had been injured within the course of, firefighters mentioned.

Neighbor Tina Sigmon described what she noticed when she pulled up behind firefighters arriving on the scene.

“I noticed nothing however black smoke popping out of the house after which I noticed firefighters working to place it out after which I noticed the dad run down right here to the ambulance with the son. He helped load him on the stretcher,” she mentioned.

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Grier Lee, who lives throughout the road, mentioned he had simply come residence and instantly seen one thing was incorrect.

“I noticed the smoke. I heard a pow. Then I heard the man say assist. I took off working from right here. I obtained to about proper right here and noticed him bounce out the window — him and his child … the second-floor window the place the palm timber are at,” Lee mentioned. “He hit the bottom and ran. Every thing was on fireplace.”

Firefighters mentioned that whereas it’s unclear if the smoke detector within the residence was working, the smoke detector within the adjoining residence went off.

Shortly earlier than 2:45 p.m., JFRD mentioned the hearth was below management.

The hearth marshal was referred to as to research.