WILTON MANORS, Fla. – First responders said two people were rushed to area hospitals as trauma alert patients after a fire broke out in a home in Wilton Manors Wednesday afternoon.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue crews responded to the home, in the 500 block of Northwest 21st Street, at around 1:20 p.m.
6 p.m. report:
FLFR officials said the fire started in a converted carport.
Authorities said an injured man was taken to Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale while a woman was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s burn unit in Miami.
Both were in critical condition.
The house is considered to be a total loss.
The fire marshal was at the scene to determine the blaze’s cause.
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