Crime & Safety
Boy Critically Injured In Seffner House Fire: Hillsborough Fire Rescue
An adult male and a boy were inside a home in a Seffner neighborhood when most of it caught fire making it difficult for them to get out.

SEFFNER, FL ? A Seffner boy suffered life-threatening injuries in a house fire Thursday night, according to Hillsborough County Fire Rescue (HCFR).
A house in an undisclosed Seffner neighborhood caught fire just before 10:42 p.m., officials said.
The house was close to being fully engulfed in flames when deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office arrived, Hillsborough Fire Rescue said on its Facebook page.
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Neighbors told authorities that a boy lived inside the house. Deputies broke a window in front of the house and got the boy out, officials said.
An adult male was rescued from the house, too, firefighters said.
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The HCFR Facebook post said that the fire was under control within 16 minutes.
The boy was last listed in serious condition by medical staff at a local hospital, firefighters said.
According to authorities, the adult male is in stable condition.
The cause of the fire has not been released.
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