Two residents injured in Ocala house fire, dog dies

OCALA, Fla. (WCJB) - Two people were taken to the hospital due to injuries sustained in a house fire in Ocala that claimed the life of a family pet on Thursday morning.

Ocala Fire Rescue crews say they were called out on reports of a house on fire on Southwest Fourth Street around 1 a.m.

When they arrived, an Ocala Police Department officer was already on scene. The officer had helped pull a resident from the burning building. The officer also used a garden hose to help control the flames.

Firefighters learned of a second resident who made it outside the home with injuries. Both residents alerted crews that a dog was still inside the burning building.

Crews battled the blaze, bringing it under control in about seven minutes.

Both residents were taken as trauma alerts to the hospital for treatment of burns and smoke inhalation. The pet did not survive the fire.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation as of this report.

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