Woman Inside When Fire Broke Out In Fort Lauderdale Home
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FORT LAUDERDALE (CBSMiami) -- Crews rushed a woman to the hospital after firefighters pulled her out of a burning home in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday evening.
Children playing on SW 15th court noticed smoke and flames coming from a house down the street around 5:00 p.m.
They rushed to tell their parents and neighbors smashed open windows until firefighters arrived.
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Fort Lauderdale fire rescue says when they arrived they pulled a woman who was in a home health care bed out of the house.
Her family members identified her as Agnes Roland.
Firefighters said the woman was taken to the hospital in critical condition.
Her daughter is distraught and neighbors said they did what they could to help.
"Kids came up and they're like, "There's a house on fire and I came running out of the house...and I knew the neighbors down the block and they weren't there and we thought the old lady was in there so they start breaking all the windows on the house, start screaming into the house... no response," said neighbor Ryan Oliver.
Firefighters are trying to determine the cause of the fire.
Everyone in this neighborhood is praying that Agnes Roland pulls through and survives.
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