UPDATE: 'Suspicious' Fire Investigated at Dunedin Home

Fire and law enforcement officials are investigating what they say appears to be a "suspicious" fire at a Dunedin home that sent an occupant to the hospital and injured a firefighter, authorities said Tuesday.

Firefighters and Pinellas County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a structure fire in the 1900 block of Sourwood Boulevard shortly before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived, they saw flames coming from the front bedroom windows, according to fire officials.

One occupant was found outside home and required transport via Sunstar ambulance to Mease Dunedin Hospital.

A firefighter from Dunedin Fire Rescue was also treated on scene for minor burn injuries. He has been released.

A neighbor was evaluated for smoke inhalation and released by paramedics on scene. Two dogs and three birds were also rescued from the house, authorities said.

Firefighting crews from the Dunedin, Clearwater and Palm Harbor fire departments took 20 minutes to get the blaze under control.

"At this time detectives say the fire appears to be suspicious in nature," a sheriff's spokesperson said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. 

Deputies from the sheriff's arson and auto theft units, along with Dunedin fire officials and the State Fire Marshal's Office, were still investigating and interviewing witnesses to determine the fire's cause.

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